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Reprint
as at 4 August 1965

Cook Islands Constitution Act 1964

Public Act 1964 No 69

Date of assent 17 November 1964

Commencement see section 1(2)

Contents

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Title		1
1	Short Title and commencement	1
2	Interpretation and application	2
3	Cook Islands to be self-governing	2
4	Constitution of the Cook Islands	2
5	External affairs and defence	2
6	British nationality and New Zealand citizenship	2
Schedule: The Constitution of the Cook Islands		3

An Act to make provision for self government by the people of the Cook Islands (other than Niue) and to provide a constitution for those islands^[1]

1 Short Title and commencement

(1) This Act may be cited as the Cook Islands Constitution Act 1964.

1. Note Changes authorised by section 17C of the Acts and Regulations Publication Act 1989 have been made in this reprint. A general outline of these changes is set out in the notes at the end of this reprint, together with other explanatory material about this reprint. This Act is administered by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade.