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Interpretation (Amendment) Act 2008

TONGA

INTERPRETATION (AMENDMENT) ACT 2008
No. 14 of 2008.

I assent,
GEORGE TUPOU V,
13th February, 2009.

AN ACT

TO AMEND THE INTERPRETATION ACT

BE IT ENACTED by the King and the Legislative Assembly of Tonga in the Legislature of the Kingdom as follows:

1. (1) This Act may be cited as the Interpretation (Amendment) Act 2008.

(2) The Interpretation Act (Cap. 1) as amended, is in this Act referred to as the Principal Act.

2. Section 2 of the Principal Act is amended by inserting the following as subsection (12):

"(12) The styles 'Minister of Civil Aviation', 'Minister of Marine and Ports', and 'Secretary for Marine and Ports' wherever they appear in any Act (including this Act) or in any official Government writing, are omitted and the style 'Minister for Transport' inserted in their stead; and a reference in that Act or official Government writing o 'Minister of Civil Aviation' or 'Minister of Marine and Ports' or 'Secretary for Marine and Ports' shall be read and constued as a reference to 'Minister for Transport'."

Passed in the Legislative Assembly this 9th day of October, 2008.