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Police Act, No. 90/1996

Police Act, No. 90/1996

Took effect 1 July 1997. Amended by l. 83/1997 (took effect 6 June 1997), l. 29/1998 (took effect 29 April 1998), l. 78/1998 (took effect 1 July 1998), l. 121/1999 (took effect 30 Dec. 1999), l. 15/2000 (took effect 28 April 2000), l. 49/2000 (took effect 26 May 2000), l. 155/2000 (took effect 1 Jan. 2001), l. 56/2002 (took effect 14 May 2002), l. 44/2003 (took effect 3 April 2003), l. 56/2004 (took effect 14 June 2004), l. 46/2006 (took effect 1 Jan. 2007 except for Art. 6 and the Interim Provisions, which took effect 16 June 2006), l. 85/2007 (took effect 1 July 2007), l. 34/2008(took effect 31 May 2008 except for the Interim Provision, which took effect 8 May 2008), l. 82/2008 (took effect 1 June 2008, published in Government Gazette 19 June 2008), l. 88/2008 (took effect 1 Jan. 2009 except for Interim Provision VII which took effect 21 June 2008), l. 147/2008 (took effect 1 Jan. 2009), l. 162/2010 (took effect 1 Jan. 2011), l. 16/2011 (took effect 4 Mar. 2011), l. 82/2011 (took effect 1 Sept. 2011 except for the Interim Provision which took effect 30 June 2011), l. 126/2011 (took effect 30 Sept. 2011), l. 50/2012 (took effect 26 June 2012), l. 51/2014 (took effect 31 May 2014 except for Articles 3 and 4, which took effect 1 Jan. 2015), l. 47/2015 (took effect 1 Jan. 2016 except for Interim Provisions and Articles 22 and 23, which took effect on 15 July 2015), l. 61/2016 (took effect 22 June 2016) and d l. 62/2016 (took effect 1 Jan. 2017).

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