ACT No. XXII of 1980 AN ACT further to amend the Conduct Certificates Ordinance, Capo 118.

I assent.

J, J. CREMONA

Acting President

18th July, 1980

ACT No. XXII of 1980

AN ACT further

to amend the Conduct Certificates Ordinance, Capo

118. BE IT ENACTED by th e President, by and w i t h the advice and

consent of the House of Representatives, in this pr e s e nt Parliament as­

sembled, and by the a ut h o r i ty of the same, as follows:-

l. This Act may be c i te d as the Conduct C e rt i fic a t es (Amend­

ment) Act, 1980, a nd shall be read and construed as one with the Con­

duct Certificates Ordinance, hereinafter re f e rr e d to as "the principal

In s e c t i o n 2 of the p ri n c ipa l law, for the words "Form A, B or

C" there shaH be substituted the words "Form A or B".

For section 4 of the principal law there shall be substituted the

(l) Every conduct certificate issued by the Com­

missioner of Police shall state the name, sumame, da te of

birth, identity card number, and a n y other particulars tending

to identify the person mentioned in the certificate, and shall

contain either -

(a) a dec1aration made in accordance with Form

A in the First Schedule to this Ordinance, to the effect

that the person m e n ti o n ed in the certificate is of good

conduct; or

(b)

a dec1aration made in accordance with Form

B in the First Schedule to this Ordinance, containing an

indication of the convictions against the person men­

t i o n ed in the certificate by any Court of law and record­

able in terms of this Ordinance.

(2) Any person, though convicted of an offence

which, however, is not recordable under the provisions of this

Ordinance, shall be entit1ed to be given a certificate of good

conduct in accordance with Form A in the First Schedule to

this Ordinance.".

4. For section 5 of the principal law there shall be substituted the

Substitution

following

of the

"5. No conviction or order against any person shall be en­

principal

law.

tered in a conduct certificate issued under this Ordinance if -

(a)

it refers to any contravention; or

(b) the person convicted of a crime was at the time of

its commission stil! not eighteen years of age; Of

(c) the pardon of the President of Malta has been grant­

ed in respect of that conviction; or

(d) if it is made under the provisions of the Probation

of Offenders Act, 1957.".

Act No. XII

In section 6 of the principal law immediately after the words

"to be reckoned from the date of the expiration of the punishment"

there shall be inserted the words "Of from the da te of the payment of

the fine (multa)".

For the First Schedule to the principal law there shall be sub­

stituted the following

"FIRST SCHEDULE

(Sections 2 and 4)

FORM A

Malta Police

Certificate of Conduct

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I dec1are that, in terms of the Conduct Certificates Ordin-

ance, Cap. 118 .................. (name and sumame) .................

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(Identity Card No ....................... .) son of .......................... .

horn on the . . .. . .. , ............ , ... , ................... at ....................

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is a person of good conduct.

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FORM B

Malta Police

Certi/icate of Condllct

No .......................

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I dec 1 a re that the convictionl convictions specified on the back

of this certificate and recordab1e in terms of the Conduct Certifi-

cates Ordinance, Capo 118 appears/appear in the Registers of the

Criminal Record Office against

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For the S e c on d Schedule to the principal law there shaH be

Substitution

substituted the following

of the Second

Schedule to

the principal

law.

"SECOND SCHEDULE

(Sections 4 and 6)

--

Period

of time

Sentence

required for the

non-registration

of

conviction

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s en t e n ce for a

p e ri o d exceeding

(a)

years

10 years

ten

(b) sentence for a period exceeding

five but not ten years

5 years

(c) s e n te nc e for a period

exceeding

3 years

one y ea r but not five years ...

(d) sentence for a period not exceed­

year

ing one year ...

(e)

sentence of a fine (multa)

months from

d a t e of payment

of the fine.".

F o r the Third Schedule to the principal Iaw there shall be sub­

stituted t he foIlowing

"THIRD SCHEDULE

(Section 7)

l. Crimes against the safety of the Government contemplated

in Ti tl e I of Part II of Book First of the Criminal Code (Cha p t e r

12).

2. The crimes contemplated in Sub-title III of the Title III

of Part II of Book First of the CriminaI C o d e (Chapter 12).

3. Crimes affecting public trust contemplated in Title V of

Part II of Book First of the Criminal Code (Chapter 12), with the

exception of the crimes contemplated in Sub-title lI.".

Passed by the House of Representatives at Sitting No. 416 of the 16th July, 1980.

C. AGIUS

Speaker

C. MIFsUD

Clerk to the House of Representatives

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