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Existing Laws (Reprint) Act (Cap. 180) Consolidated

E X ISTING LA W S (RE P R I NT) [CAP. 180. 1

CHAPTER 180

EXISTING LAWS (REPRINT) ACT

To provide for the reprinting of amended copies of existing laws.

(31st May, 1963)*

Enacted by ACT XXI of 1963, as amended by Legal Notice 46 of 1965;

and Acts: XXXI of 1966 and LVIII of 1974.

1. This Act may be cited as the Existing Laws (Reprint) Act.

2. (1) Where any law in force in Malta has been amended by other laws, the Attorney General may, if so directed by the Minister responsible for justice, prepare and certify a copy of any such law with all the additions, omissions, substitutions and amendments required by the amending laws and cause it to be printed under official authority and the text of the law so printed shall be deemed and shall be without any question whatsoever in all courts of justice and for all purposes whatsoever an authentic text of such law:

Provided that in every such case a memorandum shall be printed on the reprinted law stating that it has been reprinted -
(a) under the authority of this Act, and
(b) as amended up to a specified date.
(2) In exercise of his functions under subarticle (1) the Attorney General shall have power to correct any grammatical, typographical and similar mistakes in the existing copies of laws an d fo r th at pu rp os e to make ver b al add i ti on s, omi ssi on s o r alterations not affecting the meaning of any law.

Short title.

Reprint of amended copies of existing laws. Amended by:

L.N. 46 of 1965; XXXI.1966.2; LVIII. 1974.68.

*See Government Notice No. 202 of the 31st of May, 1963.