1 Citation, construction and commencement

(1)    This Order may be cited as the Turks and Caicos Islands Constitution (Amendment) Order 2002 and shall be read as one with the Turks and Caicos Islands Constitution Order 1988 (hereinafter referred to as “the principal Order”).

(2)    The principal Order and this Order may be cited together as the Turks and Caicos Islands Constitution Orders 1988 to 2002.

(3)    In this Order, “the Constitution” means the Constitution set out in Schedule 2 to the principal Order.

(4)    This Order shall come into force on such day as the Governor, acting in his discretion, may appoint by proclamation published in the Gazette.

NOTES
Initial Commencement
To be appointed

To be appointed: (date to be notified in the Gazette): see para (4) above.

2 Amendment of section 68 of Constitution

2Amendment of section 68 of Constitution

Section 68(1) of the Constitution is amended by deleting the words “save in execution of the sentence of a court in respect of a criminal offence of which he has been convicted”.

NOTES
Initial Commencement
To be appointed

To be appointed: (date to be notified in the Gazette): see art 1(4).

3 Amendment of section 84 of Constitution

3Amendment of section 84 of Constitution

Section 84 of the Constitution is amended by deleting subsection (3).

NOTES
Initial Commencement
To be appointed

To be appointed: (date to be notified in the Gazette): see art 1(4).

Signature

A K Galloway

Clerk of the Privy Council

EXPLANATORY NOTE

EXPLANATORY NOTE (This note is not part of the Order)

This Order deletes provisions of the Turks and Caicos Islands Constitution which allowed for capital punishment in the Islands.

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