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 by the Parliament of the Cook Islands in Session assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows}{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid8023468 :}{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid348864\charrsid10553626 
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\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid348864\charrsid12875279 For the purposes of this Part, the expression }{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid12875279 "}{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid348864\charrsid12875279 
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