Samoa: Polity Style: 1962-2024

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Samoa: Polity Style: 1962-2024
1 Jan 1962	Western Samoa became an independent sovereign state in accordance with an act passed by the General Assembly of New Zealand (House of Representatives) on 21 Nov 1961, received Royal Assent on 24 Nov 1961, effective on 1 Jan 1962 (Statutes of New Zealand, 1961, 3:1584-1596)
1 Jan 1962	the Constitution of the Independent State of Western Samoa is adopted by the Constitutional Convention on 28 Oct 1960, effective on 1 Jan 1962 [2]
1 Jan 1962 - 4 Jul 1997	Malo Tutoatasi o Samoa i Sisifo :: Independent State of Western Samoa
4 Jul 1997	the name of the state is changed to the Independent State of Samoa in accordance with an act passed by the Legislative Assembly of Western Samoa (assented to on 4 Jul 1997) [3]
4 Jul 1997 -	Malo Tutoatasi o Samoa :: Independent State of Samoa


[1]	Full title: An Act to make provision in connection with the attainment of independence by the people of Western Samoa (may be cited as the Western Samoa Act 1961).
[2]	The Constitution came into force on the day approved by the General Assembly of the United Nations as the date of the termination of the Trusteeship Agreement for the Territory of Western Samoa approved by the General Assembly on 13 Dec 1946.
[3]	Full title: An Act to Amend the Constitution (may be cited as the Constitution Amendment Act (No. 2) 1997).

Last update: 29 Nov 2023