Constitution as amended by the 2025 Christian Country amendment
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- Papua New Guinea
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Official source245. Internment.
(1) The following provisions apply to and in relation to an internee:—
(i) the Head of State, acting with, and in accordance with, the
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advice of the National Executive Council shall order that he be released; and
(ii ) he is entitled to compensation, in accordance with law , for the internment and any consequences of it; and
(5 ) Where in his opinion it is necessary to do so in the interests of national
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security or public order, the Head of State, acting with, and in accordance with, the advice of the National Executive Council may refuse to make an order in accordance with Sub section (1)(g) or (h) for the release of an internee, but in that event, except in time of war —
(6) Where an order is made in accordance with Subsection (5)—
Division 6.—Miscellaneous.
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