The Attorney-General claimed on Thursday 5 November 2009 that the Penal Code is over 100+ years old. We were miffed by that claim and checked. It dates back to 1 May 1945 and may have survived the war and several coups, but still, there’s no reason to exaggerate! Yep we didn’t think it was that old. So we compiled a list of laws which are over 100 years old and are currently in use. We should hold a national celebration of the centenary of these 20 laws. History buffs take note. If you find a law older than on our list, or not on our list, we’ll celebrate. According to our research, you’ll be surprised that the oldest surviving and still quoted in a case this year and recently amended on 7 July 2009 is an Act actually passed in 1875. And the winner is ...
1 March 1876 - High Court Act (formerly Supreme Court Act)
23 February 1877 – Pound Act
16 March 1878 - Friendly Societies Act
20 February 1879 - Registration Act
25 January 1879 - Patents Act
30 January 1879 - Bills of Sale Act
9 April 1881 - Indemnity, Guarantee and Bailment Act
1 July 1881 - Religious Bodies Registration Act
11March 1882 - Rivers and Streams Act
23 July 1884 - Public Documents Act
22April 1886 - Debtors Act
17January 1887 - Wreck and Salvage Act
20 July 1891 - Bills of Exchange Act
1 January 1892 - Married Women's Property Act
12 December 1893- Orders in Council Act
12 December 1893 - British and Colonial Probates Act
1 June 1895 - Newspaper Registration Act
28 May 1897 - Oaths Act
2 November 1904 - Crop Liens Act
19 May 1905 - Native Lands Act
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NOT JUST DUAL CITIZENSHIP BUT MULTIPLE CITIZENSHIP!
Multiple citizenship is now a reality in Fiji with the release of the Citizenship of Fiji Decree 23/2009 and the regulations.
Part 5 of the Decree allows persons who have acquired the citizenship of one or more countries to apply either by registration or naturalization for multiple citizenship.
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