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(1) A Regional House

(a) may either after receipt of representations from a Traditional Council or on its own initiative, and

(b) shall if so requested in writing by the National House of Chiefs, draft a statement of alterations it thinks desirable in any customary law rule in force in its region or any part of that region.

(2) The draft statement shall be submitted to the National House and if the National House is satisfied after consultation with the Regional House concerned, that effect should be given to it as submitted or with the modifications that it considers necessary, the National House shall submit a request in writing to the Minister that the statement of the rule as modified by the draft should be given effect in the area concerned.

(3) The Minister on receipt of a request made by the National House and after consultation With the Attorney-General, may by a legislative instrument give effect to the recommendations and provide that the rule shall have effect within the area in question in the form set out in the instrument.