Constitution as amended by the 2025 Christian Country amendment
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- Papua New Guinea
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- English
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- in force
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Official source14 . Making of alterations to the Constitution and Organic Laws.
(5 ) The certificate referred to in Subsection (4) shall state—
This is an official copy of the Legislation of PNG
Subsection (2) were waived under Section 15 ( urgent
alterations ) for and against the motion for the waiver, and is, in the absence of proof to the contrary, conclusive evidence of the matter so stated.
(6) Unless the Parliament decides otherwise in any particular case, Subsection (1) does not apply where the Speaker, after consultation with the Chief Justice or a Judge nominated by the Chief Justice for the purpose, certifies that the proposed law—
this Constitution or of any other law , and such a law may be made in the same way as Acts of the Parliament.
(7) The Supreme Court may, on the application of any person made within four weeks after the date of a certificate under Subsection (6) or such further time as a Judge , on application made within that period, considers reasonable in the particular circumst ances, disallow the certificate, but otherwise the certificate is conclusive.
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Constitution as amended by the 2025 Christian Country amendment · faolex.fao.org · Retrieved 18 August 2026.
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