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🇵🇬 Papua New GuineaConstitution

Constitution as amended by the 2025 Christian Country amendment

22

Jurisdiction
Papua New Guinea
Provision
22
Source language
English
Recorded status
in force
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in force

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22. Enforcement of the Constitution. The provisions of this Constitution that recognize rights of individuals (including corporations and associations) as well as those that confer powers or impose duties on public authorities, shall not be left without effect because of the lack of supportin g, machinery or procedural laws, but the lack shall, as far as practicable, be supplied by the National Court in the light of the National Goals and Directive Principles, and by way of analogy from other laws, general principles of justice and generally-ac cepted doctrine.

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Constitution as amended by the 2025 Christian Country amendment · faolex.fao.org · Retrieved 18 August 2026.

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