Tonga

Act of Constitution of Tonga (1875, last amended 1988)

Updated: June 2015

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Section 64 states:

Every Tongan subject of twenty-one years of age or more...being a male or female can read and write and is not insane or imbecile and is not disabled by the twenty-third clause shall be entitled to vote in an election for representatives of the people to the Legislative Assembly.

 

Excerpt from the Act of Constitution of Tonga (1875, last amended 1988)

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Section 35 states:

No person shall succeed to the Crown of Tonga who has been found guilty of a felony or who is insane or imbecile.

 

Section 63 states:

(1) No person shall succeed to the position of a noble who is insane or imbecile or who is disabled by the twenty-third clause.

(2) Every noble shall be competent to vote in an election for representatives of the nobles and to sit in the Assembly if chosen according to law.

 

Section 64 states:

Every Tongan subject of twenty-one years of age or more... and is not insane or imbecile and is not disabled by the twenty-third clause shall be entitled to vote in an election for representatives of the people to the Legislative Assembly.

 

Section 75, subsection (1) states:

It shall be lawful for the members of the Legislative Assembly to impeach any Privy Councillor, Minister, Governor, or Judge for any of the following offences— Breach of the laws or the resolutions of the Legislative Assembly, maladministration, incompetency, destruction or embezzlement of Government property, or the performance of acts which may lead to difficulties between this and another country.

 

Section 88, subsection (1) states:

It shall be lawful for the Prime Minister with the consent of Cabinet in the name and on behalf of His Majesty, at any time during the illness or absence of any judge, or for any other temporary purpose to appoint an acting judge for the period during which the judge is ill or absent or for the period necessary to effect the temporary purpose.

 

Excerpts from the Act of Constitution of Tonga (1875, last amended 1988)

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Section 35 states:

No person shall succeed to the Crown of Tonga who has been found guilty of a felony or who is insane or imbecile.

 

Section 63 states:

(1) No person shall succeed to the position of a noble who is insane or imbecile or who is disabled by the twenty-third clause.

(2) Every noble shall be competent to vote in an election for representatives of the nobles and to sit in the Assembly if chosen according to law.

 

Section 75, subsection 1 states:

It shall be lawful for the members of the Legislative Assembly to impeach any Privy Councillor, Minister, Governor, or Judge for any of the following offences— Breach of the laws or the resolutions of the Legislative Assembly, maladministration, incompetency, destruction or embezzlement of Government property, or the performance of acts which may lead to difficulties between this and another country.

 

Section 88, subsection 1 states:

It shall be lawful for the Prime Minister with the consent of Cabinet in the name and on behalf of His Majesty, at any time during the illness or absence of any judge, or for any other temporary purpose to appoint an acting judge for the period during which the judge is ill or absent or for the period necessary to effect the temporary purpose.

 

Excerpts from the Act of Constitution of Tonga (1875, last amended 1988)