REPUBLIC OF KIRIBATI
(No. 23 of 1996)

I assent,

(Sgd: T. Tito)
Beretitenti
06/12/1996

AN ACT TO AMEND THE PASSPORT ACT (CAP. 66A)
(REVISED EDITION 1996)

Commencement:
1996

MADE by the Maneaba ni Maungatabu and assented to by the Beretitenti.

Short title

1. This Act may be cited as the Passport (Amendment) Act 1996.

Commencement

2. This Act shall be deemed to have come into operation on 1 January 1996.

Amendment of section 3

3. Section 3 of the Passport Act (Revised Edition 1996) is amended in the definition of "investor passport" by repealing the words "two" occurring in the fourth line and substituting the words "5 (five)".

Amendment of section 4A

4. Section 4A of the Passport Act (Revised Edition 1996) is amended by inserting the words "and after that period such other period of time as may be prescribed" between the words "passport" and "shall" in the third line.

Insertion of new section 4B

5. The Passport Act is amended by inserting between section 4A and section 5 a new section 4B as follows:

"Period of Validity of Investor Passport

4B. An Investor passport shall be valid for a period of 5 years from the date of issue."

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THE PASSPORT (AMENDMENT) ACT 1996

EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM

The principal objects of this short Act is firstly to extend the period of validity of an investor passport from 2 years to 5 years and secondly, to empower the Minister and the Cabinet to determine other convenient period of time for revisiting Tarawa by a foreign investor apart from the first compulsory visit which is to be made about 12 months from the date of issue of an investor passport which an investor may be required to undertake in the future from time to time whilst the investor passport is still valid.

These are achieved by amending the definition of "investor passport" and section 4A of the Passport Act which are set out in clauses 3, 4 and 5 of the Act.

The Bill is to be given a retrospective operation to 1st January 1996 so that the period of validity of all investor passports whether issued before or after this Bill will be all the same namely five years.

Michael N. Takabwebwe
Attorney General
11 October 1996