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\par }{\insrsid7547528 No}{\insrsid11358059 . 21 of}{\insrsid1459198\charrsid11358059  1981-82
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by the Parliament of the Cook Islands in session assembled, in accordance with the provisions of sub-clause (1), article 41 of the Constitution of Cook Islands, and by the authority of the same, as follows:}{\insrsid1459198 
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(1) Notwithstanding anything contained in the Cook Islands Act 1915 or in any other enactment or in any order of any court, no person shall be capable of leasing any land on any of the motus of Rarotonga set out in the Schedule to this Act.
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