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Papua New Guinea Act 1972

Authoritative Version
  • - C1972A00074
  • No longer in force
Act No. 74 of 1972 as made
An Act to Remove the Limit on the Number of Offices of Minister of the House of Assembly for Papua New Guinea.
Date of Assent 05 Sep 1972
Date of repeal 09 Sep 1975
Repealed by Papua New Guinea Independence Act 1975

Papua New Guinea

No. 74 of 1972

An Act to Remove the Limit on the Number of Offices of Minister of the House of Assembly for Papua New Guinea.

[Assented to 5 September 1972]

BE it enacted by the Queen’s Most Excellent Majesty, the Senate, and the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Australia, as follows:—

Short title and citation.

1.—(1.)  This Act may be cited as the Papua New Guinea Act 1972.

(2.)  The Papua New Guinea Act 1949–1971, as amended by this Act, may be cited as the Papua New Guinea Act 1949–1972.

Commencement.

2.  This Act shall come into operation on the day on which it receives the Royal Assent.

Ministers of the House of Assembly.

3.  Section 24 of the Papua New Guinea Act 1949–1971 is amended by omitting from sub-section (1.) the words “, being not more than seventeen,”.