{"id":923,"date":"2024-09-08T10:47:36","date_gmt":"2024-09-08T10:47:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.clrc.gov.pg\/?page_id=923"},"modified":"2024-10-13T15:44:04","modified_gmt":"2024-10-13T15:44:04","slug":"colonial-law","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.clrc.gov.pg\/index.php\/colonial-law\/","title":{"rendered":"Colonial Law"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/4&#8243;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=&#8221;Colonial Law&#8221; font_container=&#8221;tag:h2|text_align:center&#8221; css=&#8221;&#8221; el_id=&#8221;CL&#8221;][vc_empty_space][vc_empty_space][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css_animation=&#8221;bottom-to-top&#8221; css=&#8221;&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Colonial Laws Review Program (CLRP) focuses specifically on the review of all the pre-Independence laws that Papua New Guinea adopted from Australia at independence. 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