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Constitution (Amendment) Act 2018

TUVALU

CONSTITUTION (AMENDMENT) ACT 2018

Act No 8 of 2018

Arrangement of Sections

Section
1 Short Title
2 Commencement
3 Purpose of the Act
4 Amendment to section 95(1)(a)

CONSTITUTION (AMENDMENT) ACT 2018

AN ACT TO AMEND THE CONSTITUTION TO REFLECT THE DISQUALIFICATION OF A PERSON FROM BEING ELECTED AS A MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT

Commencement [28th November, 2018]

1 Short Title

This Act may be cited as the Constitution (Amendment) Act 2018.

2 Commencement

This Act shall come into operation on such date as the Minister by notice appoints.

3 Purpose of the Act

To disqualify the person from being elected as a Member of Parliament if he or she has been sentenced by a court in a commonwealth country to death or to imprisonment and has not received a free pardon, or serving a prison sentence.

4 Amendment to section 95(1)(a)

Section 95(1)(a) is amended by omitting the words "for a term exceeding 12 months" to read:

"(a) Subject to section 102 (calculation of sentences) and to subsection (2), he has been sentenced by a court of commonwealth country to death or to imprisonment (by whatever named called), and has not received a free pardon, or is serving a prison sentence; or"