(AMENDMENT) ACT 2001

Act No. 32 of 2001

I assent

CASSAM UTEEM

20th December 2001 President of the Republic

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ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS

Section

1. Short title

2. New Chapter VI A added to the Constitution

3. Section 112 of Constitution amended

4. Commencement

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An Act

To amend the Constitution of Mauritius so as to provide for the establishment of the Rodrigues Regional Assembly

ENACTED by the Parliament of Mauritius, as follows—

1. Short title

This Act may be cited as the Constitution of Mauritius (Amendment) Act 2001.

2.New Chapter VI A added to the Constitution

The Constitution is amended by inserting after Chapter VI, the following new Chapter —

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CHAPTER VI A

THE RODRIGUES REGIONAL ASSEMBLY

75A. The Rodrigues Regional Assembly

(1) There shall be a Regional Assembly for Rodrigues to be known as "the Rodrigues Regional Assembly", in this Chapter referred to as "the Regional Assembly".

(2) The Regional Assembly shall consist of a Chairperson, who need not be an elected member of the Regional Assembly, and such other members elected and holding office on such terms and conditions as may be prescribed.

75B.Powers of the Regional Assembly

(1) Subject to this Constitution, the Regional Assembly—

(a) shall have such powers and functions as may be prescribed and, in particular, the power to propose and adopt Bills in relation to the matters for which it shall be responsible, which Bills, when adopted by Parliament in such manner as may be prescribed, shall be known as Regional Assembly Laws and shall be so designated in the Short Title;

(b) may make regulations which shall be known as Regional Assembly Regulations and shall be so designated in the Heading.

(2) Regional Assembly Laws and Regional Assembly Regulations shall apply only to Rodrigues.

75C. Executive Council

(1) There shall be an Executive Council of the Regional Assembly comprising of the Chief Commissioner and Deputy Chief Commissioner and such number of Commissioners as may be prescribed.

(2) The Chief Commissioner and the Deputy Chief and the Commissioners shall be elected or appointed in such manner as may be prescribed.

(3) The Chief Commissioner and the other Commissioners shall have such powers and exercise such functions as may be prescribed.

75D. Rodrigues Capital and Consolidated Funds

There is established —

(a) a Fund to be known as "the Rodrigues Capital Fund" which shall consist of such funds as may be specified for the purposes of development;

(b) a Fund to be known as the "Rodrigues Consolidated Fund" which shall consist of —

(i)such monies as may every year be appropriated by the National Assembly for the recurrent expenditure of the Regional Assembly;

(ii) such other recurrent revenue as the Regional Assembly may lawfully collect.

75E. Alteration of certain written laws

Subject to the provisions of the Constitution, any law giving effect to this Chapter and to any matters incidental thereto shall not be altered without the concurrence of the Regional Assembly unless such alteration is supported at the final voting in the National Assembly by the votes of not less than two thirds of all the members.

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3. Section 112 of Constitution amended

Section 112 of the Constitution is amended —

(a) in subparagraph (b) (i) by adding after the word "Assembly", the words, "or the Rodrigues Regional Assembly or its Chairperson".

(b) in subparagraph (b) (ii) by adding after the word "Assembly", the words "or the Rodrigues Regional Assembly.

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4. Commencement

This Act shall come into force on a day to be fixed by Proclamation.

Passed by the National Assembly on the twentieth day of November two thousand and one.

André Pompon

Clerk of the National Assembly

This is to certify that the Constitution of Mauritius (Amendment) Bill was passed by the National Assembly at the above sitting and was supported unanimously at the final voting by the votse of sixty-two members of the Assembly.

Dated this 04th day of December 2001

P. Auroomooga Putten

Deputy Speaker