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\par }{\b\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid16205664\charrsid13578516 BE IT ENACTED}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid16205664\charrsid8286073 
 by the Parliament of the Cook Islands in Session assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid16205664 
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Short Title}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid16205664\charrsid8286073  - This Act may be c
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}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid16205664\charrsid8286073 the principal Act}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid8286073 "}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid16205664\charrsid8286073 ).}{
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 means an offence against a provision of -
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\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid16205664\charrsid13578516 any law of the Cook Islands, for which the maximum penalty is imprisonment for a term of not less than 12 months or a fine of more than $5,000;
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