Constitution St-Kitts-Nevis - ICRC

1983 Saint Kitts and Nevis Constitution
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Opposition or to the Speaker were references to the Administration, to the Premier, to the Leader of
the Opposition in the Assembly or, as the case may be, to the president of the Assembly;
e) references to the Consolidated Fund or any other public fund of the Government of Saint
Christopher and Nevis were references to the Nevis Island Consolidated Fund or any other public
fund of the Administration;
f) references to the Deputy Speaker or to a Parliamentary Secretary were deleted;
g) the references in section 28(5)(a) to the office of elected member or nominated member of the
Assembly or member or the Administration were a reference to the office of representative Senator,
Minister or Parliamentary Secretary;
h) the reference in section 29(2) to residence in Saint Christopher and Nevis were a reference to
residence in the island of Nevis;
i) the reference in section 31 to section 30 were a reference to section 101(2), paragraph (d) of
section 31(3) were deleted, the references in section 41 to sections 19(8) and 37(6) were deleted and
the references in that section to section 38(2) were references to section 113(2);
j) the references in section 31, 32, 42, 46, 47 and 48 to Parliament were references to the Nevis
Island Legislature and the referenced in section 46, 49, and 50 to Saint Christopher and Nevis were
references to the island of Nevis; and
k) rule 1 and paragraph (a) of rule 2 were deleted from schedule 2 and in place of rule 1 the
following rule were substituted-
"There shall be not less than five electoral districts in the island of Nevis".
(2) Any provision made by Parliament such as is referred to in section 45 shall apply in relation to
the Assembly and its members, officers and committees as it applies in relation to the National
Assembly and its members, officers and committees.
(3) Before advising the Governor-General to dissolve the Assembly under section 47, as applied with
modifications by subsection (1) of this section,the Premier shall consult the Prime Minister.
(4) Section 52 (except subsections (1), (29, (3) and (4)) and sections 54, 55, 57, 60, 61 and 62 shall
apply in relation to the Administration as they apply in relation to the Cabinet and for that purpose
they and Part 3 of schedule 4 shall have effect as ifa)
references to the Prime Minister were references to the Premier;
b) references to a Minister were references to a member of the Administration;
c) references to the Government or to the Cabinet were references to the Administration;
d) references to Parliament or to the National Assembly were references to the Nevis Island
Legislature or, as the case may be, to the Assembly.
Exercise of Governor-General's functions.
105.- (1) In the exercise of the functions to which this section applies the Governor-General shall act
in accordance with the advice of the Administration or a member of the Administration acting under
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