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<p>The <b>Law of Tuvalu</b> comprises the legislation voted into law by the <a href="/wiki/Parliament_of_Tuvalu" title="Parliament of Tuvalu">Parliament of Tuvalu</a> and statutory instruments that become law; certain Acts passed by the <a href="/wiki/Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="Parliament of the United Kingdom">Parliament of the United Kingdom</a> (during the time Tuvalu was either a British protectorate or British colony); the <a href="/wiki/Common_law" title="Common law">common law</a>; and <a href="/wiki/Customary_law" title="Customary law">customary law</a> (particularly in relation to the ownership of land).<sup id="cite_ref-SPL_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SPL-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-PACLIIct2_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PACLIIct2-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The land tenure system is largely based on <i>kaitasi</i> (extended family ownership).<sup id="cite_ref-TvAIP2_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TvAIP2-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="The_Constitution">The Constitution</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Law_of_Tuvalu&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: The Constitution"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <i><a href="/wiki/Constitution_of_Tuvalu" title="Constitution of Tuvalu">Constitution of Tuvalu</a></i> states that it is "the supreme law of Tuvalu" and that "all other laws shall be interpreted and applied subject to this Constitution"; it sets out the <a href="/wiki/Bill_of_rights" title="Bill of rights">Principles of the Bill of Rights</a> and the Protection of the Fundamental Rights and Freedoms.<sup id="cite_ref-CofT23_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CofT23-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Laws_of_Tuvalu_Act_1987">Laws of Tuvalu Act 1987</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Law_of_Tuvalu&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Laws of Tuvalu Act 1987"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>By virtue of section 42(2) of the Laws of Tuvalu Act 1987, the Law of Tuvalu includes <a href="/wiki/Customary_law" title="Customary law">customary law</a>. Schedule 1 paragraph 3 and 4 of the Laws of Tuvalu Act 1987 require that courts must take customary law into account when considering specified matters in criminal and civil proceedings. </p><p>The law that existed at the time of independence is preserved in Schedule 5 sections 1 and 2 of the Constitution as “any Acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, Orders of Her Majesty in Council, Ordinances, rules, regulations, orders or other instruments having effect as part of the law of Tuvalu”, subject to these laws not being in conflict with any provisions in the Constitution. This provision is reinforced by the Laws of Tuvalu Act 1987: “An Act to declare what constitutes the Laws of Tuvalu”. </p><p>Section 4 of the Laws of Tuvalu Act 1987 describes the laws as being derived from: the Constitution, the law enacted by the Parliament of Tuvalu, customary law, the <a href="/wiki/Common_law" title="Common law">common law</a> of Tuvalu and every applied law. ‘Applied law’ is defined in section 7 of that Act as “imperial enactments which have effect as part of the law of Tuvalu”.<sup id="cite_ref-SF_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SF-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Imperial_enactments">Imperial enactments</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Law_of_Tuvalu&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Imperial enactments"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The laws of Tuvalu include some statutes from the 1892 to 1916 era when the islands were administered as part of the British <a href="/wiki/Protectorate" title="Protectorate">protectorate</a> of the <a href="/wiki/British_Western_Pacific_Territories" title="British Western Pacific Territories">British Western Pacific Territories</a> (the ‘Western Pacific Legislation’);<sup id="cite_ref-pacliiWPL_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-pacliiWPL-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> other laws were enacted by the <a href="/wiki/Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="Parliament of the United Kingdom">Parliament of the United Kingdom</a> during the time the islands were administered as part of the <a href="/wiki/Gilbert_and_Ellice_Islands" title="Gilbert and Ellice Islands">Gilbert and Ellice Islands</a> Colony (from 1916 to 1974); and the during the time of the Colony of Tuvalu (from 1 January 1976 to 1 October 1978 - prior to independence).<sup id="cite_ref-pacliiUKL_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-pacliiUKL-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Current_laws_of_Tuvalu">Current laws of Tuvalu</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Law_of_Tuvalu&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Current laws of Tuvalu"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The laws of Tuvalu are published online by the Office of the Attorney General of Tuvalu;<sup id="cite_ref-AGT_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AGT-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> also by the <a href="/wiki/Pacific_Islands_Legal_Information_Institute" title="Pacific Islands Legal Information Institute">Pacific Islands Legal Information Institute</a>, with the law set out in the 2008 Revised Edition;<sup id="cite_ref-paclii2008_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-paclii2008-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> with a list of current legislation (up to 2012).<sup id="cite_ref-pacliicur_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-pacliicur-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Attorney_General_of_Tuvalu">Attorney General of Tuvalu</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Law_of_Tuvalu&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Attorney General of Tuvalu"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>According to a 2003 source, the Attorney General of Tuvalu "is the principal adviser to the Government."<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Attorney General is considered a public officer, though not a Member of Parliament or a Minister. While the Attorney General does sit in Parliament in a legal advising capacity and may partake in proceedings that align with the Parliamentary Rules of Procedure, s/he does not have any voting rights. Upon request, the Attorney General may advise "Statutory Corporations and Local Governments."<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable"> <caption> Attorney General of Tuvalu (Complete Table) </caption> <tbody><tr> <th>Name </th> <th>Term </th></tr> <tr> <td>John Wilson<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> (who established the office) <p>Neil Davidson<sup id="cite_ref-:1_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Beith Atkinson<sup id="cite_ref-:1_16-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> </td> <td>c. 1978-1988 (in succession) </td></tr> <tr> <td>David Ballantyne<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>1988-1991 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Feleti_Teo" title="Feleti Teo">Feleti Teo</a><sup id="cite_ref-pm_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-pm-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:0_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> (1st Tuvaluan male) </td> <td>c. 1991-2000 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Iakoba_Italeli" title="Iakoba Italeli">Iakoba Italeli</a>* </td> <td>c. 2002-2006 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Eselealofa_Apinelu" title="Eselealofa Apinelu">Eselealofa Apinelu</a>* (1st Tuvaluan female) </td> <td>c. 2008-2022 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Laingane_Italeli_Talia" title="Laingane Italeli Talia">Laingane Italeli Talia</a> </td> <td>c. 2022 - present </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>*The Attorney General served as the Acting Attorney General for years before their final appointment. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Office_of_Director_of_Public_Prosecutions">Office of Director of Public Prosecutions</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Law_of_Tuvalu&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Office of Director of Public Prosecutions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The office of Director of Public Prosecutions is established as an office in the Public Service in section 162(1) of the Constitution. The role of the Director of Public Prosecutions includes instituting and undertaking criminal proceedings against any person before any court (other than a court-martial or other military tribunal) for any criminal offence (section 162(4)(a)).<sup id="cite_ref-CofT23_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CofT23-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Judiciary">Judiciary</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Law_of_Tuvalu&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Judiciary"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Courts are established in Tuvalu to resolve disputes and to interpret the laws of Tuvalu.<sup id="cite_ref-PACLIIct2_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PACLIIct2-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> There are eight Island Courts and Lands Courts; appeals in relation to land disputes are made to the Lands Courts Appeal Panel. Appeals from the Island Courts and the Lands Courts Appeal Panel are made to the Magistrates Court, which has jurisdiction to hear civil cases involving up to $10,000. The <a href="/wiki/Superior_court" title="Superior court">superior court</a> is the <a href="/wiki/High_Court_of_Tuvalu" title="High Court of Tuvalu">High Court of Tuvalu</a> as it has unlimited original jurisdiction and hears appeals from the lower courts. </p><p>Rulings of the High Court can be appealed to the <a href="/wiki/Court_of_Appeal_of_Tuvalu" title="Court of Appeal of Tuvalu">Court of Appeal of Tuvalu</a>. From the Court of Appeal there is a right of appeal to the <a href="/wiki/Judicial_Committee_of_the_Privy_Council" title="Judicial Committee of the Privy Council">Judicial Committee of the Privy Council</a> in London.<sup id="cite_ref-SPL_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SPL-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-PACLIIct2_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PACLIIct2-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The 2023 amendments to the <a href="/wiki/Constitution_of_Tuvalu" title="Constitution of Tuvalu">Constitution</a> changed the eligibility for the position of a High Court Judge. The previous version of the Constitution required that any person holding that position must have first held judicial office in “some country that has a legal system similar to that of Tuvalu”. The 2023 amendments now provide that that a Tuvaluan who has practiced as barrister or solicitor in Tuvalu or has been appointed a magistrate in Tuvalu, is now eligible to be appointed as a judge of the High Court of Tuvalu.<sup id="cite_ref-SKJM_21-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SKJM-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Crime_in_Tuvalu#The_People's_Lawyer_in_Tuvalu" title="Crime in Tuvalu">The People's Lawyer</a> represents clients for free in cases involving land disputes, civil disputes, criminal law, family law and business formation. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Human_rights_in_Tuvalu">Human rights in Tuvalu</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Law_of_Tuvalu&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Human rights in Tuvalu"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Human_rights_in_Tuvalu" title="Human rights in Tuvalu">Human rights in Tuvalu</a></div> <p>Tuvalu is a state party to the following human rights treaties: the <a href="/wiki/Convention_on_the_Rights_of_the_Child" title="Convention on the Rights of the Child">Convention on the Rights of the Child</a> (CRC); the <a href="/wiki/Convention_on_the_Elimination_of_all_forms_of_Discrimination_Against_Women" class="mw-redirect" title="Convention on the Elimination of all forms of Discrimination Against Women">Convention on the Elimination of all forms of Discrimination Against Women</a> (CEDAW) and; the <a href="/wiki/Convention_on_the_Rights_of_Persons_with_Disabilities" title="Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities">Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities</a> (CRPD).<sup id="cite_ref-HR_22-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HR-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Tuvalu has commitments to ensuring human rights are respected under the Universal periodic Review (UPR), the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the <i>Te Kakeega III - National Strategy for Sustainable Development-2016-2020</i> (TK III), which sets out the development agenda of the Government of Tuvalu.<sup id="cite_ref-TK_III_23-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TK_III-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Law_of_Tuvalu&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Crime_in_Tuvalu" title="Crime in Tuvalu">Crime in Tuvalu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Justice_ministry" class="mw-redirect" title="Justice ministry">Justice ministry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Law_enforcement_in_Tuvalu" class="mw-redirect" title="Law enforcement in Tuvalu">Law enforcement in Tuvalu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Politics_of_Tuvalu" title="Politics of Tuvalu">Politics of Tuvalu</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Law_of_Tuvalu&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite id="CITEREFJennifer_Corrin-CareTess_NewtonDon_Paterson1999" class="citation cs2">Jennifer Corrin-Care; 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