ACT No. XXXV al l m A N ACT toomend lire Imtrprt'tution Act, I97J .
Statutory Text (4 Articles)
I assent.
(L .S.)
CENSU T A IIONE
Pre~ident
23 rd Novembe r, 1990
ACT No. XXXV al l m
A N ACT toomend lire Imtrprt'tution Act, I97J .
BE IT ENA CTE D by the President. by and with the advice and
consent of the Ho use of Represcn13tive5. in this present Parliament
assemb led. and by the a uthority of the same, as follow5:-
I . Th is Act may be cited as the interprctation (Amendmenl) ACI.
1990, and shall be read and construed as onc with the intcrprC lalion
ACI. 1':175 hereinafter referred to as "the principal Act" .
1-llltcrprc tazzjoni. u ghandu jinq ara u jiftichem hag;. waMa ma' I·An
la' 1-1975 dwar I-Inlerprclazzjoni. h.,,:nhekk iijed 'il quddiem imsejjah All 1'1,.., VII
"I-All printipali" ,
For paragraph (c) of section 6 of the principal Act. the re shall
be suilsliluted Ihe following
'"(c) where such AClconfers a power on Ihe holdcrof an ("Ifficc.
and such powe r rela tes 10 any bllsiness of the Government, or is
exercisable as pan of Ihe funclionsof a depanment of Government
for which responsibili ty has been aSlSigncd 10 a Minisler lInder the
Constilulioon. such pov.'er shall be cxercisab-ie by the holder of that
office. and except 10 IlK: eXIC:nl that IlK: holder of that office is
expressly declared by any law nol to be slIbjcct to the direelion or
control of any othe r person or authorilY. the Minister responsible
for that business or department of tlK: Governmenl shall have
power. eve n whe re such po"'''er iseJt:pressed 10 be exercisable in lhe
discretion (whether absolu te o r o therwise) of the holder o f tha t
office. \0 give such direction ;n wri ling relative 10 the exe rcise of
th al powcr (induding a direction orde ring tlK: rc:n:rsa l of a
decision) as slIch Minister may deem fit:"',
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The provisions of thi s Act shall nOI render invalid the exercise
of any power before the coming in lo fo rce of this Act. where such
exercise was va lid in accordance with the law.
Passed by Ihe House of RepresenlativC$ at Silling No . 441 of the 141h Novembe r,
1990. P . M U SCAT lERRISILE
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