ACT No. LVII of 1974 AN ACT further to amend the Constitution of Malta.
Statutory Text (4 Provisions)
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Gov rnor-General
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Decernber, 1974
ACT No. LVII of 1974
AN ACT further to amend the Constitution of Malta.
BE IT ENACTED by Her Majesty the Queen, by and with the
advice and consent of the House of Representatives of Malta, in this
present Par!iament assembled, and by the authoritty of the same, as
follows:-
l. This Act may be cited as the Constitution of Malta (Amend·
ment) Act,. 1974, and shaH be read and construed as one with the
ConstiitluJtjion of Mal;ta, llmreinalfter lrefurTed to as "the Constitlli-
tion".
zjlorn~ ~a;' Mal!ta· u għandu jinqaTa u jiftiehem ħaġa waħda mail.cKostituz-
zjoni ta' IJiillairtla·, hawnhekk ilżjed 'il quddiem dims·.ejħa "~1-Kostituzzj'oni".
Section 6 of the Constitution is hereby repealed
and in
p!Jaoce thereof the fol]owing section Bhall have effiect
"The Constitution and other laws
(l) Subject to the provisions ·of subsrection (2) oif this
section, and of subsections (7) and (9) of s•ection 48 fl'nd of section
67 of this Consritution, if any other lruw is inconsistent with thi·S
Constitution, this Constitution ~hall' prevaH and the other lww
sha'l'l', to the extent orf the inconsistency, 1 be void.
(2) Where an Act of Pa!'Iiament provides that a law,
including a lww containing such provision, or any provision of
such law, shaH have effect notwithstanding any provision of
this Constitution, such law or provision thereof shaH prevaH
and shaH have full effect notwithstanding any provision of this
Constitution and any inconsistency therewith, and this Constic
tution shall, to the extent of the inconsistency, be without
effect.".
Pa:ssed by the House of Represe•ntati·ves at Sitting No. 359 of the 12th Decem-
ber, 1'974.
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