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Magistrate Courts (Amendment) Act 1990 (No.1)

THE REPUBLIC OF KIRIBATI
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MAGISTRATE COURTS (AMENDMENT) ACT 1990
(No. 1 of 1990)

I assent,

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Beretitenti:
1990

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTIONS 66, 67 AND 75 OF MAGISTRATE COURTS ORDINANCE (CAP. 52)

Commencement:
1990

Short title

1. This Act may be cited as the Magistrate Courts (Amendment) Act, 1990.

Amends Sections 66; 67 and 75 of Ordinance

2. Sections 66, 67 and 75 of the Magistrate Courts Ordinance are amended by repealing the phrase "21 days" in subsections (2) of sections 66 and 75 and in subsection (1) of section 67 and substituting the phrase "3 months".

This printed impression has been carefully examined by me with the Bill which passed the Maneaba ni Maungatabu on..............1990 and is found by me to be a true and correctly printed copy of the said Bill.

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Clerk to the Maneaba ni Maungatabu

Published by exhibition -

(a) at the Public Office of the Beretitenti this 6th day of July 1990.

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Secretary to the Cabinet.

(b) at the Maneaba.ni Maungatabu this 6^th day of July 1990.

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Clerk to the Maneaba ni Maungatabu

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Explanatory Memorandum

The purpose of this Act is to enlarge the limitation of an appeal from 21 days to 3 months so that an appellant who hasn't got enough cash for the courts fee and other related expenses may be able to get the required amount within such a period.

Oin te Tua aei bon tangirani kaanaanauan tain te manga tang man 21 te bong nakon 3 namwakaina n te aro bwa e na kona n reke ana tai te tia tang are e aki tauraoi ana tainti ni karamrem i nanon te tai anne ibukini boon te kabowi ma itera ni kabanemwane tabeua ake iai rekerekeia ma te boowi.

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Tewareka Tentoa
(MP Onotoa)

LEGAL REPORT

I hereby certify that in my opinion none of the provisions of the above Act conflict with the Constitution and that the Beretitenti may properly assent to the Act.

Michael N. Takabwebwe
The Attorney General

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