. /.RESTRICTEDWORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONWT/ACC/TON/3/Add.1
29 May 1998
(98-2236)
Working Party on the
Accession of TongaOriginal:  English
ACCESSION OF TONGA
Memorandum on the Foreign Trade Regime
Addendum
The Ministry of Labour, Commerce and Industry of the Kingdom of Tonga has submitted the
following laws and legal acts referred to in the text of the Memorandum on the Foreign Trade Regime
of Tonga.  These documents are available in the WTO Secretariat (Accessions Division, Room 1126)for consultation:
- Act No. 15 of 21 September 1989 To Regulate Broadcasting and Matters Related Thereto;
- Chapter 27 of the Companies Act of 1988;
- Act No. 10 of 30 September 1987 to Amend the Copyright Act of 1985;
- Act No. 3 of 24 June 1992 to Amend the Customs Duty and Excise Act (Cap. 67);- Act No. 22 of 30 October 1991 To Regulate the Licensing and Supervision of Financial
Institutions in Tonga and For Purposes Connected Therewith;
- Acts Nos. 6 of 3 November 1964 and 3 of 1985 To Impose a Tax Upon Fuel Imported into
the Kingdom and Sold by the Importer;
- Act No. 16 of 31 March 1970 To Make Better Provision For the Control of Immigration;- Act No. 11 of 4 October 1982 To Amend the Industrial Development Incentives Act 1978;
- Act No. 19 of 9 November 1994 To Provide For the Registration and Protection of Patents,
Utility Model Certificates, Industrial Designs and Trade Marks;
- Act No. 29 of 16 October 1987 To Amend the Intoxicating Liquor Act;
- Act No. 21 of 18 October 1989 To Provide For Law Practitioners;  For Their Professional
Conduct and Discipline;  For The Establishment of the Tonga Law Society and For
Connected Purposes;
- Act No. 20 of 2 November 1993 To Amend the Licences Act;
- Act No. 15 of 15 August 1991 To Provide For a Comprehensive Health Service For Tonga;
- Act No. 16 of 15 August 1991 To Require The Registration Before Practice of Medical,
Dental, Nursing, Midwifery and Other Health Professions in Tonga;
- Act No. 22 of 23 October 1990 To Am end the Port and Service Tax Act;
- Act No. 3 of 8 September 1947 (as amended, 1950, 1956 and 1984) To Make Provision For
Controlling the Prices of Goods and Services and Wage Rates;
- Act No. 18 of 15 April 1928 (as amended, 1986 and 1988) Relating to Quarantine;
- Act No. 3 of 1 July 1986 To Impose a Tax Upon Retail Sales of All Goods and Services in the
Kingdom of Tonga;
- Act No. 6 of 6 July 1927 (as amended, 1950, 1963, 1964, 1974, 1997 and 1988) To Impose
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- Act No. 9 of 24 October 1949 (as amended, 1950, 1951, 1956, 1957, 1960, 1962, 1974, 1975,
1981, 1983 and 1988) To Provide For the Establishment of the Tonga Electric Power Board
For the Production, Control and Distribution of Electric Power Throughout the Kingdom and
For Related Purposes;
- Act No. 19 of 5 July 1977 (as amended, 1979, 1980 and 1990) To Control and Regulate
Tourism by the Establishment of an Advisory Board and by the Introduction of a System ofLicensing of Tourist Facilities and Matters Relative Thereto;
- Act No. 13 of 7 August 1984 To Amend the Tonga Telecommunications Act, 1983;
- Act No. 11 of 1 September 1981 To Amend the Wharves Act;
- Water Board Act (Section 28) Water Supply (Amendment) Regulations 1992 (Tonga
Government Gazette Supplement Extraordinary No. 5 of 5 June 1992;  and,
- Act No. 29 of 2 November 1992 To Deal with Public Health Services in Tonga.
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