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THE NATIONAL HONOURS (AMENDMENT) ACT, 2015
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THE NATIONAL HONOURS (AMENDMENT) ACT, 2015
ARRANGEMENT
Sections
1. Short title.
2. Interpretation
3. Amendment of section 12
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ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA
THE NATIONAL HONOURS (AMENDMENT) ACT, 2015
No. of 2015
AN ACT to amend the National Honours Act, 1998.
ENACTED by the Parliament of Antigua and Barbuda as follows:
1. Short title
This Act may be cited as the National Honours (Amendment) Act, 2015.
2. Interpretation
In this Act—
“principal Act” means the National Honours Act, 1998 No. 23 of 1998.
3. Amendment of section 12
The principal Act is amended in section 12 by repealing subsections (2) and (3).
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Passed by the House of Representatives on
the , 2015.
Passed by the Senate on the , 2015.
Speaker.
President.
Clerk to the House of Representatives.
Clerk to the Senate.
EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
The Bill seeks to amend the National Honours Act, by removing the privileges that were permitted
to the Governor General, the Prime Minister and the Leader of the Opposition, to nominate the
names of persons to be appointed with National Honours titles, without applying directly to the
National Honours Committee.