AN ACT to ~nable eft""" to bt gi~" IQ u rUJin proviJions of the Clulrler of the United NIl/wm, BE IT ENACfED by the President , by and wilh the advice and consent of the House of Representatives, in this present Parliament assembled. and by the authority of the same, as follows:-

I assent.

(L.S .)

CENSU T ABONE

President

3rd AuguSl. 1993

ACf No. XX 0( 199]

AN ACT to ~nable eft""" to bt gi~" IQ u rUJin proviJions of the Clulrler

of the United NIl/wm,

BE IT ENACfED by the President , by and wilh the advice and

consent of the House of Representatives, in this present Parliament

assembled. and by the authority of the same, as follows:-

This Act may be cited as the United NatioIU (Security Council

Sanctions) Act, 1993.

In this Act _

"Chaner" meaIU the Charter of the United Nations signed al

San Fraoos.c(l on the 26th June, 1945;

"Security Council" means the Security Council established

under Chapter V of the Charter;

"United Nations" means the international organisation set up

by the Charter.

(I)

Whenever the Security Council, acting under Article

forty-one or Chapler VII of Ihe Charter. calls upon member ~. ales of the

United Nations to apply any measures to give effect to any decision of

tbe said Security Council (being measures not involving the use of

armed force under Article 42 of the Qarte r), Ihe Prime Minister may,

by ord~r in th ~ G~z~tt~ , ~ll(l subj~ r t to th~ provisions of sub se ctions (2),

(3) and (4), make regulations as appear to him nc:cessary Or expedient

fur enahl ing Ih,,~ measureS 10 he effectively ~ppl ied, including

(without prejudice to the generality of the proxcding WQrds) rcgulation~

forthe apprehension, trial and punishme nt of persons offending against

those regulations .

(2) Regulations made under subsect ion (1) lihall conta in the

lext of tile recommenda tion. resolution or decision of the Security

Council containing those mea~urcs wllich the regulatiolU are intended

to apply.

(3) When regulations made under subsecl ion (I) provide fur

the trial and punishment ofpenonsoffendingagaiosllhose regulation!;.

the Court of Magislralcs (Malla) and the Coon of Magistrates (Gozo),

as courts of cri minal judicature, shall , notwithstanding the proviliions of

section 370 of the Cri minal Code, be competent to tT)' all offences

againsllhose regulations.

(4) Ca) When regulations made under sub$ection <I)

provide for Ihe punishment of deprivation of liberty or for

P<'"'Jlj .. .,. .... nishmenlS, or for bolh , such punishmenl shall noI , in

the case of deprivation of liberty. exceed the term of impri$onmen t

of five years and , in the case of pecuniary punishment , exceed a fine

(mU/ID) of fifty thousand Maltese liri; and

(b) WileI"<' tile facts constituting a breach of a I"<'gulation

under this Act also constitl,lte a bread! 01 any other law prohibiting

all the factS prohibited by the panictJiar regu.lation, proceedings

shall [I(){ be laken in respect of the breach of the regulations l,Inder

this Act but only in rcspccI of tile breach oflhc OIlier Il w.

Passc:d by the Houseof RcprC:ICn~tiYC$lt Silti", No. 173 of the 28th 11,11y, 1993.

LAWRENCE GONZJ

Spt"k.er

RtCHARD 1. CAUCHl

Ckrk. 10 IM H_

of RtprQtrt/lllivu.