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Prevention of Juvenile Crime Amendment Act 1970

COOK ISLANDS

PREVENTION OF JUVENILE CRIME AMENDMENT ACT 1970

1970, No. 13

ANALYSIS

Title
1. Short Title
2. Interpretation
3. Appointment of officers and employees

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1970, No. 13

An Act to amend the Prevention of Juvenile Crime Act 1968

(20 January 1971

BE IT ENACTED by the Legislative Assembly of the Cook Islands in Session assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:

1. Short Title - This Act may be cited as the Prevention of Juvenile Crime Amendment Act 1970 and shall be read together with and deemed part of the Prevention of Juvenile Crime Act 1968 (hereinafter referred to as the principal Act).

2. Interpretation - Section 2 of the principal Act is hereby amended d by omitting from the definition of the term "Minister" the words "in charge of the Department of Internal Affairs", and substituting the words "responsible for Justice".

3. Appointment of officers and employees - The principal Act is hereby further amended by inserting after section 3 in Part I the following new section:-

"3A. There may from time to time be appointed under the provisions of the Public Service Act 1969 such officers and employees as may be deemed necessary for the purposes of this Act and the due administration thereof."

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This Act is administered in the Justice Department.