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Constitution of the Independent
State of Samoa
or stand transferred to, and be deemed to be pending for
determination before, the Court of Appeal.
(3) Any decision of the High Court or of any Court having
jurisdiction to hear appeals from the High Court shall have the same
force and effect as if it had been delivered or made by the Supreme
Court or the Court of Appeals, respectively.
120. Existing officers to continue in office - Subject to the
provisions of this Constitution:
(a) a person who, immediately before Independence Day,
holds the office of Attorney-General or of a
member of the Public Service Commission shall,
on and after that day, hold the corresponding
office established under the provisions of this
Constitution on the same terms and conditions as
were applicable to him or her immediately before
Independence Day; and
(b) a person who, immediately before Independence Day,
is an employee of the Samoan Public Service
referred to in the Samoa Amendment Act 1949
shall, on and after that day, hold the like
employment in the Public Service.
121. Laws not brought into force before Independence Day
- Where any Ordinance was enacted or made by the Legislative
Assembly of the Trust Territory and the coming into force of that
Ordinance was suspended, that Ordinance may, on or after
Independence Day, come into force on the date specified therein or
as may be specified by any authority empowered to bring it into
force; and, in such case, the Ordinance shall, on and after that date,
take effect as an Act or Parliament.
122. Adaptation of existing law - Where in the existing law
reference is made to Her Majesty the Queen in right of the Trust
Territory of Samoa, to the Crown in right of the Trust Territory of
Samoa, to the Trust Territory of Samoa, to Samoa, or to Samoa,
that reference shall, unless the context otherwise requires, be
construed as a reference to Samoa.
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