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This Act may be cited as the Cook }{\fs24\lang1033\langfe5129\langnp1033\insrsid12871653 I}{\fs24\lang1033\langfe5129\langnp1033\insrsid16070576\charrsid5128272 slands Amend}{ \fs24\lang1033\langfe5129\langnp1033\insrsid5390352 ment}{\fs24\lang1033\langfe5129\langnp1033\insrsid16070576\charrsid5128272 Act 1969 and shall be read together with}{\fs24\lang1033\langfe5129\langnp1033\insrsid5128272 }{ \fs24\lang1033\langfe5129\langnp1033\insrsid16070576\charrsid5128272 a}{\fs24\lang1033\langfe5129\langnp1033\insrsid5128272 n}{\fs24\lang1033\langfe5129\langnp1033\insrsid878400 d }{\fs24\lang1033\langfe5129\langnp1033\insrsid16070576\charrsid5128272 deemed par}{\fs24\lang1033\langfe5129\langnp1033\insrsid878400 t of }{\fs24\lang1033\langfe5129\langnp1033\insrsid5128272 the Cook Islands Act 1915 }{\fs24\lang1033\langfe5129\langnp1033\insrsid16070576\charrsid5128272 (hereinafter referred to as "the principal Act"). \par }{\fs24\lang1033\langfe5129\langnp1033\insrsid6620021 \par 2.}{\fs24\lang1033\langfe5129\langnp1033\insrsid878400 }{\fs24\ul\lang1033\langfe5129\langnp1033\insrsid16070576\charrsid6620021 Civil proceedings n}{\fs24\ul\lang1033\langfe5129\langnp1033\insrsid6620021\charrsid6620021 o}{ \fs24\ul\lang1033\langfe5129\langnp1033\insrsid16070576\charrsid6620021 t to be instituted in Court other than High Court}{\fs24\lang1033\langfe5129\langnp1033\insrsid16070576\charrsid5128272 - 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