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Constitution Amendment Act 2005

SAMOA

CONSTITUTION AMENDMENT ACT 2005

Arrangement of Provisions

1. Short title and commencement
2. Constitution amendment (Retirement age of Judges of the Supreme Court)

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2005, No. 2

AN ACT to amend the Constitution.

[25th January 2005]

BE IT ENACTED by the Legislative Assembly of Samoa in Parliament assembled as follows:-

1. Short title and commencement - (1) This Act may be cited as the Constitution Amendment Act 2005 and shall be read with and form part of the Constitution.

(2) This Act shall commence on the date of assent by the Head of State.

(3) Notice of commencement shall be published in Samoan and English in the Savali and one other newspaper circulating in Samoa.

2. Constitution amendment (Retirement age of Judges of the Supreme Court) - The Constitution is amended by deleting the words "sixty-two" wherever such words are mentioned in clause (1) of Article 68 and clause (1) of Article 71 and substituting the number "68".

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