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WSM-2019-L-111364
Breadcrumb
Title_of_text
Constitution Amendment Act 2019 (2019, No. 6).
Main Region
First Region
Country(ies)
Samoa
Subjects (Classification)
Constitutional law
Adopted on (Date of text)
2019-01-31
Scope of text
National
Type of legislation (Type of text)
Law, Act
Second Region
Abstract/Citation
The amendment replaces Article 19(2) with the following:
“(2) Subject to the provisions of this Constitution, a person who holds, or who has held for one (1) term, office as Head of State, is only eligible for re-appointment to that Office once.
(2A) A person who has held the office as Head of State for two (2) terms is not eligible to be reappointed to that Office.”.
Amended Text region
Amended text(s)
1962-01-01 (WSM-1962-C-44021)
Constitution of the Independent State of Western Samoa, 1962.
Electronic region
Electronic source title
Legislation on-line
Author
Parliament of Samoa, www.parliament.gov.ws, Samoa
URL
https://www.palemene.ws/
File
WSM111364.pdf (PDF)