ACT No. XXVI of 1970 AN ACT further to am'end 'the Constitution of Malta BE it enacted by the Queen's most Excel'lent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the House of Representatives of MaIta, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority

I assent.

Governor-General

l C':"August, 1970.

ACT No. XXVI of 1970

AN ACT further to am'end 'the Constitution of Malta

BE it enacted by the Queen's most Excel'lent Majesty, by and

with the advice and consent of the House of Representatives of

MaIta, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority

of the same as fol'lows:-

This Act may be cited as the Constitution of Malta (Amend-

ment) Act, 1970 and sha,n be read and construed as one' with the

Constitution of Malta, hereinafter referred to as "the Constitution".

Section 53 of the Constitution shal1 be amended as fol-

(Section 3)

For subsection (2) there shall be sub stituted the folI'owing:-

"(2) Bach e~ectoral division sh all return such number of members as is

established by the Constitution of Malta".

Passed by the House of Representatives at Sitting No. 248 of the 10th August,

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lows:-

(a) for subsection (1) there shaH be substituted the fol-

lowitrg:-

"(1) Subject to the provisions of this Chapter, the

House of Representatives shall consist of fifty-five mem-

bers, to be known as "Members of Parliament", who shaH

be elected in the manner provided by or under any law

for the time being in force in Malta from the electoral

divisions referred to in section 57 of this Constitution, as

to thirty members in equal proportions from the second,

third, seventh, eighth and ninth dec-toral divisions and as

to twenty-five members in equal proportions from the first,

fourth, fifth, sixth and tenth electoral divisions.";

(b) in subsection (2), for the words "in addition to the

said fifty, members" there shall be substituted the words "in

addition to the sa,id fifty-five members".

Section 12 of the Electoral (Franchise, Method of Election

and Registration of Voters) Ordinance shahl be amended in the man·

ner and to the extent specified in the Schedule to this Act.