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 in Session assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:
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 - This Act may be cited as the House of Arikis Amendment Act 2008, and shall be read together with and deemed part of the House of Arikis Act 1966 (the "principal}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3277255\charrsid3277255  Act").
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s support for such declaration before taking the oath of allegiance."
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