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s Republic of the Marshall Islands Jepilpilin Ke Ejukaan CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION (AMENDMENT) (2) ACT 2016 Introduced by: MINISTER WILBUR HEINE Approved: PRINTED NAME SIGNATURE Constitutional Convention (Amendment) (2) Act 2016 BILL No:12Index NITIJELA OF THE REPUBLIC OF THE MARSHALL ISLANDS 37TH CONSTITUTIONAL REGULAR SESSION, 2016 s Republic of the Marshall Islands Jepilpilin Ke Ejukaan CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION (AMENDMENT) (2) ACT 2016 Index Section CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION (AMENDMENT) (2) ACT 2016 Page 1 §1.
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Short Title .............................................................................................................................. 5 Amendments ......................................................................................................................... 5 Effective Date ........................................................................................................................ 6 l Page3 Constitutional Convention (Amendment) (2) Act 2016 BILL No:12§1 NITIJELA OF THE REPUBLIC OF THE MARSHALL ISLANDS 37TH CONSTITUTIONAL REGULAR SESSION, 2016 s Republic of the Marshall Islands Jepilpilin Ke Ejukaan CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION (AMENDMENT) (2) ACT 2016 A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Constitutional Convention Act 2015, in order to include additional proposals for the amendment of the Constitution of the Republic of the Marshall Islands.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE NITIJELA OF THE REPUBLIC OF THE MARSHALL ISLANDS §1.

Short Title This Act may be cited as the Constitutional Convention (Amendment)(2) Act 2016.

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Amendments (1) Schedule 1 of the Constitutional Convention Act, 2015 is amended by adding new Proposal No.

17 to be inserted after Proposal No.

16 to read as follows: “Proposal No.

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– Article IX, Section 1 (2): To amend Article 9 Section 1 (2) of the Constitution to increase the local governments jurisdiction from 5 miles to 12 miles to read as follows: The system of local government shall in each case extend to the sea and the seabed of the internal waters of the atoll or island and to the surrounding sea and seabed to a distance of 5 12 miles from the baselines from which the territorial sea of that atoll or islands is measured.” l Page5 BILL No:12§3 Constitutional Convention (Amendment) (2) Act 2016 (2) Schedule 1 of the Constitutional Convention Act, 2015 is further amended by adding new Proposal No.
18 and to be inserted after Proposal No.

17 to read as follows: “Proposal No.

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– Article IV, Section 4: To amend Article IV Section 4 by adding a new section 3 and insert it after section 2 to stringent the requirements or the qualifications of candidates to the Nitijela to read as follows: (3) Any person who is qualified to be a candidate must have land rights by birth and be of natural born citizen.

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Effective Date This Act shall take effect on the date of certification in accordance with Article IV, Section 21 of the Constitution.
Page6 r Constitutional Convention (Amendment) (2) Act 2016 NITIJELA OF THE REPUBLIC OF THE MARSHALL ISLANDS 37TH CONSTITUTIONAL REGULAR SESSION, 2016 CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION (AMENDMENT) (2) ACT 2016 SIGNATURES DATE: ___________ INTRODUCED BY ___________________ _____________________ Signature Print Name DATE: ___________ INTRODUCED BY ___________________ _____________________ Signature Print Name DATE: ___________ INTRODUCED BY ___________________ _____________________ Signature Print Name Page8 r Constitutional Convention (Amendment) (2) Act 2016 BILL No:12 NITIJELA OF THE REPUBLIC OF THE MARSHALL ISLANDS 37TH CONSTITUTIONAL REGULAR SESSION, 2016 CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION (AMENDMENT) (2) ACT 2016 BILL SUMMARY This Bill proposes to toamend the Constitutional Convention Act 2015, in order to include as proposal for the following amendments to the Constitution: (1) To increase the local governments jurisdiction from 5 miles to 12 miles as recognized under the Article IX, Section 1(2) of the Constitution.
(2) To add new propose language to stringent the requirements for the qualifications of candidates to the Nitijela as required under Article IV, Section 4 of the Constitution that a person is qualified to be a candidate for Nitijela election if he or she has land rights by birth and must be of natural born citizen.

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