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PNG-1997-L-88052
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Title_of_text
Organic Law on National and Local-Level Governments Elections 1997 (No. 3 of 1997).
Main Region
First Region
Country(ies)
Papua New Guinea
Subjects (Classification)
Constitutional law
Adopted on (Date of text)
1997
Scope of text
National
Type of legislation (Type of text)
Law, Act
Second Region
Abstract/Citation
Being an Organic Law to implement Section 125 (electorates) Section 126 (elections) and Section 187C (Constitution, functions, etc., of Provincial Governments and Local-level Governments) of the Constitution by providing for¿
(a) a Boundaries Commission; and
(b) the defining of boundaries of National Electorates; and
(c) an Electoral Commission; and
(d) the holding of National Elections; and
(e) the holding of Local-level Government Elections,
and to repeal the Organic Law on National Elections and other laws and to make consequential amendments to the Organic Law on Provincial Governments and Local-level Governments and for related purposes.
Basic Text region
Basic text(s)
1975-09-16 (PNG-1975-C-44016)
Constitution of Papua New Guinea, 1975.
Electronic region
Electronic source title
Legislation on-line
Author
Pacific Islands Legal Information Institute (PacLII)
Publisher
University of the South Pacific
URL
http://www.paclii.org/pg/legis/consol_act/olonalge519/
File
PNG88052.pdf (PDF of Act as amended to 2006)