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Fiji Constitutional Process (Constitution Commission) (Amendment) Decree 2012

GOVERNMENT OF FIJI

FIJI CONSTITUTIONAL PROCESS (CONSTITUTION COMMISSION) (AMENDMENT) DECREE 2012
(DECREE NO. 64 OF 2012)

IN exercise of the powers vested in me as the President of the Republic of Fiji and the Commander in Chief of the Republic of Fiji Military Forces by virtue of the Executive Authority of Fiji Decree 2009, I hereby make the following Decree—

TO AMEND THE FIJI CONSTITUTIONAL PROCESS (CONSTITUTION COMMISSION) DECREE 2012

Short title and commencement

1.—(1) This Decree may be cited as the Fiji Constitutional Process (Constitution Commission) (Amendment) Decree 2012, and shall come into force on the date of its publication in the Gazette.

(2) The Fiji Constitutional Process (Constitution Commission) Decree 2012 shall be referred to as the "Principal Decree".

Section 7 amended

2. Section 7(1) of the Principal Decree is amended by deleting paragraphs (j) and (k) and substituting the following—

"(j) prepare a draft Constitution on the basis outlined in section 3, with an Explanatory Report; and

(k) present to the President the draft Constitution and the Explanatory Report."

Section 10 amended

3. Section 10(3) of the Principal Decree is amended by deleting the words "or the hearing of views on the draft Constitution".

Section 12 amended

4. Section 12 of the Principal Decree is amended by inserting the following new subsections after subsection (3)—

"(4) The Commission shall, at the end of each Calendar month, publish in the daily newspapers in Fiji—

(a) a list of all its staff, including the Commission members and any consultants, and their remuneration, including any allowances and benefits; and

(b) a financial report of all its expenses and any monies received by the Commission pursuant to section 16.

(5) The Commission shall, immediately upon the commencement of the Fiji Constitutional Process (Constitution Commission) (Amendment) Decree 2012, publish the information required in subsection (4), for the months of June 2012 to October 2012."

Consequential amendment

5. The Fiji Constitutional Process (Constituent Assembly and Adoption of Constitution) Decree 2012 is amended in section 8(1)(c) by deleting the words ", and the views of the people of Fiji expressed on the draft Constitution".

Given under my hand this 31st day of October 2012.

EPELI NAILATIKAU
President of the Republic of Fiji