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Constitution Amendment (No. 27) Act 2004

COOK ISLANDS

Constitution Amendment (No. 27) Act 2004

Examined and certified by:

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Clerk of the Parliament

In the name and on behalf of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth the Second I hereby assent to this Act this day of 21^st day of December 2004.

Sir Frederick Coodwin, KBC
Queen's Representative

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ANALYSIS

1. Short Title and commencement
2. Prorogation and dissolution of Parliament

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An Act to amend the Constitution and to provide for the dissolution of Parliament upon the expiration of 4 years from the date of the last preceding general election

BE IT ENACTED by the Parliament of the Cook Islands in Session assembled, by the authority of the same, and in accordance with Article 37(7) of the Constitution of the Cook Islands, as follows:

l. Short Title and commencement – (1) This Act may be cited as the Constitution Amendment (No.27) Act 2004 and shall be read together with and deemed part of the Constitution of the Cook Islands (herein referred to as "the Constitution").

(2) This Act shall come into force on the date that it is assented to by the Queen's Representative.

2. Prorogation and dissolution of Parliament – The Constitution is amended by repealing subclause (5) of Article 37, and substituting the following subclause:

"(5) The Queen's Representative shall dissolve Parliament at the expiration of 4 years from the date of the last preceding general election if Parliament has not sooner been dissolved."

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