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 by the Parliament of the Cook Islands in Session assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:
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 - (1) This Act may be cited as the Departure Tax Amendment Act 2008, and shall be read together with and deemed part of the Departure Tax 2005 (the "principal Act")
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 - (1) Section 3(2) of the principal Act is hereby amended by deleting the words "Immigration Division of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Immigration" and replacing with the following:
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