ACT No. vm of 1996 AN ACT to amend the Referenda Act, Cap. 237, making provision f or abrogative referenda.

I assent.

(LS.)

Ugo M IFSUD BONNlel

President

1st March, 1996

ACT No. vm of 1996

AN ACT to amend the Referenda Act, Cap. 237, making provision f or

abrogative referenda.

BE IT ENACTED by the President, by and with the advice and

consent of the House of Representatives, in this present Parliament

assembled, and by the authori ty of the same, as follows:-

This Act may be cited as the Referenda (Amendment)

(1)

Act, 1996, and shall be read and construed as one with the Referenda

Act hereinafter referred to as "the principal Act".

This Act shall come into force on such date as the Prime

(2)

Minister may by not ice in the Gazette establish.

Sectiun 2 uf the principal Act shall be amended as follows

(a) the definition of··Electoral Franchise Ordinance·· shall

be deleted;

(b) forthedefinition of "Electoral Polling Ordinance" there

shall be substituted the following

" "Electoral Polling Ordinallce" mealls secti ons 41 to

62 of the Electoral (Polling) Ordinance (also reprod uced as

the Fourteenth Schedule to the General Elections Act, 1991

(Act XXI of 1991);"; and

(c)

the de fin ition of "Electoral Registrar" shall be deleted.

For subsection (1) of section 3 oflhe principal Act there shall Amend"",,,, of

oecbon l of the

be substituted the following

principal Act.

( 1) Persons entitled to vote in a referedum under this Act

will be called upon to dec lare

(a) whether they ap prove proposals set out in a

resolutiull passed for lhal purpose by the House and

published in the Gazette; or

(b) whether they agree that a provision oflaw should

be abrogated in accordance wi th the provisions of Part V I A

of this Act;

as the case may be.".

In subsection (2) of section 14 of the principal Ac t, for the Am.ndm.nlof

words "the Electoral Franchise Ordinance" and for the words "Cap. ,oc,ian 14 of th.

p . .. .. ip. 1 A".

99" appearing in the margin, there shall be substituted respectively

the words "the General Elections Act, 199 1" and "Act XX I of 1991".

Immediately after section 32 ofthe principal Act, there shall Addition of I'I<w

be inserted the following new Part

Pot! VI A '" the

princiJ"'l Act.

" PART VI A

ABROGATIVE REFERENDA

J2A. (I) Any provision of any enactment, whether

enacted before or after the coming into force of this Part,

and not being an enactment listed in subsection (2) of this

section, shall have effect or continue to have effect subj ect

to the provisions of this Part of this Act.

(2) The provisions of this Part of this Act shall

not apply to this section and to the following enactments

(a) The Constitution and any regulation made

under any provision thereof;

(b)

the European Conventions Act;

(e) any law provid ing for the mauers referred

to in paragraphs (a), (b) or (e) of subsection (8) of

section 56 of the Constitution;

Cd)

the Interpretation Act

(e)

the General Elections Aa, 1991;

AcIXXloft99l .

(f)

any fiscal legislation;

(g) any legislation giving effect to any treaty

obligation undertaken by Malta; and

(h) saveas provided in section 368 of the Local

Councils Act 1993, any bye-law made by any Local

1993. Council under the sai d Ac!.

(3) For the purpose of this section enactment

means an Act of Parliament and any Act passed by the

Legislature of Malta and includes any Code, Ordinance,

Proclamation. Order, Rule. Regulation , Bye-law. Notice or

other instrument hav ing the force of law in Malta.

32B . (I) Any number of persons registe red as

voters for the election of members of the House of

Representatives, being not less Ihan len per cent of the lotal

number of persons registered as vOlers as appear in th e

revised Electoral Register last published b:fore the delivery

of the declaration in accordance with subsection (2) hereof,

may by signing a declaration in the fonn set out in the Third

Sclledule to Ihis Act demand that the qu~tion whether one

or more provisions of an enactment to wh ich this Pan applies,

shall nOI continue in force, shall be put to those efllitled to

\'ole in a referendu m under th is Act,

(2) The declaration made in accordance wi th

subsection ( I) of th is section shall be delivered to the

Elec toral Commission which shall ascertain whether the

number of voters requ ired in accordance wi th subsection

(I) hereof has signed the dec laration.

(3) The Electoral Commission shall within

(fifteen days) from the delivery of the declarations referred

to in subsection (1) of this section ascertain the number of

persons, qualified in accordance with subsection ( I) hereof,

who have signed the declarations, and shall within the said

period offiftecn days deposit the said declarations by means

of a note in the Registry of the Constitutional Court, stating

in the note the number of valid signatures appearing on the

declaration, as well as the number of invalid signatures and

the reason for such invalidity, together with a statement

indicating whether the number of persons required in

accordance with subsection (1 ) hereof has signed the

declaration.

(4) The determination by t he Electoral

Commission of the number of persons who have validly

signed the declaration shall be final and conclusive.

(5) The Constitutional Court shall through the

Registrar not later than two days after the depos it referred

to in subsection (3) hereof, cause a notice to be published in

the Gazetle stating the date when the declamtion has been

delivered in the Registry of the said Court, the provisions of

the enactments upon the continuance in force which the

question is demanded to be put to a referendum under this

Pan, and the number of persons as stated by the Electoral

Commission to have validly signed the declaration.

(1) Kull dispoiizzjoni ta ' xi ligi, sew jekk din

tkun hekk saret qabcl jew wara d-dhul fis-sehh ta' din it-

Taqsirna, IV Ii rna tkunx ligi elenkata fis-subanikolu (2) la'

dan I-anikotu, ghandu jkollha sehh jew tkompli jkollha selih

skond id-dispoiizzjonijiet ta' din it-Taqsima ta' dan I-At!.

(2)

Id-dispoiizzjonijiet ta' din it-Taqsirna la' dan

I-All rna ghandhomx ikunu japplikaw glial dan l-art ikolu u

ghal dawn il-ligijiet Ii gejjin

(a) il-Kostituzzjoni u kull regolament Ii jsir bis-

sahha taO xi dispozi7J.joni taghha;

(b)

I-Au dwar il-Konvenzjoni Ewropea;

(c)

kull ligi [i tipp rovdi dwar dak Ii hcmm

imsemmi fil-paragrafi (a), (b) jew (c) tas-subartiko[u (8)

ta' I-artikolu 56 tal-Kostituz.zjoni;

(d)

I-Au dwar I- Intcrpretaz.zjoni;

(e)

I-At! ta' 1-1991 dwarl-EJezzjonijiet Genemli;

M Nru. XXI

kulliegislazzjoni fiskali;

(f)

(g) kull legislazzjoni Ii taghti seh h IiI XI

obbligazzjoni derivanti minn trattat Ii jkollha sehem fi h

Malta; u

(h) salv kifprovdut fi-artikolu 368 ta' I-all ta ' 1-

1993 dwar KUllsilJj Lokali,kull bye-law maghmula minn

xi Kunsill Lokali talit dak I-Alt.

(3) Ghall-ghan ta O dan I-artikolu ligi tfisser All

tal-Parlamem u kull At! mghoddi mi11-Legislatura ta' Malta

u tinkludi ku!l KodiCi, Ordinanza, Proklama, Ordni, Regola.

Regolament,Bye-ww, Avvizjew istrument legali iehor lijkun

isehli bhala ligi fMalta .

(I) Ghadd ta' persuni registrati bhala elelturi

ghall-elezzjoni ta' membri fiI -Kamra tad -Deputati, Ii rna

ghandux ikun inqas minn ghura fiI -mija mill-ghadd totali

ta' persuni registrati bhalaeleUuri hckk kif jidhru fir-Registru

Elettorali rivedut I-alihar ippubbli kat qabel il-konsenja tad-

dikjaraz.zjoni skond rna hemm fis-subarti kolu (2) ta' dan 1-

artikolu, jistghu jitolbu, billi jiffinnaw id-dikjarazzjoni Ii

hemm fiI-formula murija fit-Tielet Skeda Ii tinsab ma' dan 1-

All, illi ssir i1-mistoqsija iii kull min ikollu I-jedd Ii jivvota

f'referendum skond dan I-AIt, jekk gliandhomx jibqghu

jsehhu xi dispozizzjoni jew ghadd ta' dispozizzjonijiet ta' xi

Iigi Ii din it-Taqsima tapplika glialiha,

(2) Id-dikjarazzjoni Ii ssirskond is-subartikolu (I)

ta' dan I-artikolu ghandha tintbaghat liU-Kummissjoni

Elettorali It ghandha tizgura jekk I-ghadd ta ' eletturi Ii jkun

mehtieg skond is-subartikolu (I) ta' dan l-artikolu jkunx

iffinna d-dikjarazzjoni.

(3) Il-Kummissjoni Etettoraii ghandha fi imien

(hmista;>;-il ju m ) mill-konsenja tad-dikjarazzjonijiet

imsemmija fis-subartikolu (I) ta' dan J-artikoJu tiigura xijkun

I-ghadd ta' persun i. kwalifikati skond rna hemm fis-

su bartikolu (I) ta' dan \-artikoJ u Ii jkunu ffirmaw id -

dikjarazzjoni. u ghandha maw! ii-zmien imsemmi ta' hmistax-

il jum tiddepoi;ita dawk id-di kjarazzjonijiet pcrmczz ta' nota

fir-Registru tal-Qorti KostilUzzjonaii,li biha tiddikjara x'ikun

I-ghadd ta' firem validi Ii jinqraw mid-dikjarazzjoni, ki fukoll

I-ghadd ta' firem invalidi u ghaliex dawn ikunu invalidi,

Oimkien rna' dikjarazzjoni Ii tkun tindika jell. I-ghadd ta'

persuni mehtiega skond is-subartikolu ( I ) ta' dan l-artikol u

jkunx iffinna d-dikjarazzjoni.

(4) Id-deCi:ijoni tal-Kummissjoni E1euoraJi dwar

I-ghadd ta' persuni Ii jkunu ffirmaw validament id-

dikjaraujoni ghandha tkun wahda finali u konkluziva.,

(5) Il-Qoni Kostituzzjonali ghandha permezz taT-

Registfatuf taghha u mhux iktar tard minn jumejn warn d-

depozitu msemmi fis-subartikolu (3) ta' dan I-artikolu, tara Ii

jigi ppubblikat avviz fil-Gazzetta Ii jkun fih id-data meta d-

dikjarazzjoni tkun giet ipprezentata fir-Registru ta' dik il-

Qorti, id-dispozizzjonijiet tal-ligijiet Ii tkun intalbet Ii ssir il-

mistoqsija dwarhorn freferendurn skond din it- Taqsima fuq

jekk ghandhomx dawn jibqghu fis-sehh, u I-ghadd ta' persuni

skond kif jigu ddikjarati mill-Kummissjoni Elettorali Ii jkunu

validament iffirmaw id-dikjarazzjoni.

32C . (I)

F':"'.""lu~.,

Fuq id-dikjarazzjoni msemmija fl-anikolu

O,kJOIUzpu . 328 ta' dan I-All ghandu flimkien mal-firma ta' kull elettur,

jintwera n-numru tal-karta ta' I-identit~ ta' I-elellur Ii jkun

qed jiffirma,l-indirizz tieghu u d-distrett elettorali Ii fih huwa

jkun registrat bhala elettur.

(2) Dawk Ii jipproponu r-referendum, Ii rna

jkunux inqas minn hamsa u mhux iktar minn ghaxra,

ghandhomjiffirmaw id-dikjarazzjoni qabel il-persuni I-ohra

kollha filwaqt Ii jindikaw H jkunu qeghctin jiffirmaw bhala

proponenti.

(3) I1-Kumrnissjoni Elettorali jkollha jedd tizgura

Ii I-persuni lijkunu qeghdin attwalmentjidhru bhala firmatarji

fuq id-dikjarazzjoni jkunu til-fall iffirmawha, u kull firma 1i

tinstab Ii rna tkunx intghamlet mill-persuna Ii apparentement

ghamHtha ghandha tigi skanata mill-Ku mmissjoni Elettorali.

(1) The declaration referred to in section

32B of this Act shall together with the signature of each

voter, show the identity card number of the vote r signing it,

his address and the electoral district wherein he is registered

as a votei

(2) The proposeI"ll of the referendum, being not

Jess than five and not more than ten, shall sign the declaration

before all other persons indicating that they are signing the

same as proposers.

(3) The Electoral Commission shall have a right

to ascertain that the persons actually appearing as Signatories

of the declaration have in fact signed it, and any signature

which docs not result to· have been made by the person

appearing to have made it shall be ignored by the Electoral

Commission.

320. ( I)

Any person registered as a voter for the

election of mem\.Jc11l of the House of Rep resentativC5 and

the Attorney General on behalf of the Government may

within three months from the ~ub l ication of the not ice

referred to in section 328 of trus Act, file an application in

the registry of the Constitutional Court. requesting the said

court 10 declare thaI the referendum should Dot take place

on the grounds that:-

(a) the number of persons stated by the Electoral

Commission to have validly signed the declaration is

less than that established in su bsection ( I) o f section

328 of this Act: or

(b) the provision of the enactment referred to in

the declaration is one 10 which the provisions of this

Part of this Act do nOI apply in accordance with

subsection (2) of section 32A of this Act: or

(c) were the provisiollsoflhcenactmcnt referred

to in the declaration not to continue to apply, the law

would be incompatible with any of the ·provisions o f

the Constitution or o f the European Convention Act;

0'

(d) the time fixed in subsection (2) of section

32H of this Act before the dec larations requesting the

referendum may be made had not elapsed when the

declarations were filed with the Electoral Commission.

(2) No person making an ap pl icati on in

accordance with subsection (1) of this section shall be

required to show any personal interest in suppon of his

action.

(3) Any app lication filed in accordance with

subsection (2) of this section. shall be scrved on

(a)

the Prime Minister;

(b)

the Leader of the Opposition

(c)

the proposers of the referendum; and

(d) any other person making an application in

accordance with subsection ( I) of this section .

(4) Every person served with an application in

accordance with subsection (3) of this section shall have a

right to file a reply in the Registry of the Constitutional Court

within one month from service, and such replies shall be

served on the persons referred to in paragraphs (a) to (d) of

subsection (3) of this section within ten days of fLling.

(5) For the purpose of this section service shall

be effected by the delivery by registered mail of the document

to be served, and shall be deemed 10 have been so made two

days after posting the document to be served in an envelope

addressed in the case of the Prime Minister and the Leader

of the Opposition at the office of the Clerk of the House of

Representatives, in the case of the proposers at the address

indicated by them in the declaration and in the case of a

person making an application in accordance with subsection

(I) of this section, at the address shown in the application.

(I) Kull persuna registrata bhala elettur ghall-

elezzjoni la' membri fil-Kamra tad-Deputati u I-Avukat

1:fetendum. Generali risem il-Gvern jistghu fi zmien tliet J(hur mill-

pubbJikazzjoni ta' I-avviz imsemmi fl-artikolu 328 ta' dan I·

Att,jipprezentaw rikors fir·reg istru tal.Qorti Kostitl1zzjonali

Ii bih jitolbu iii dik il·qorti tiddikjara Ii [-referendum rna

ghanduJ( isir minhabba filli:-

(a) I.ghadd ta' persuni msemmija mill·

Kummissjoni Elettorali lijkunu validament iffinnaw id·

dikjarazzjoni j kun inqas minn dak slabbil it fi s·

subanikolu (I) ta' I-artikolu 32B la' dan I·Atl; jew

(b) id-dispozizzjoni tal·ligi msem mija fid ·

dikjarazzjoni Ikun wahda Ii ghaliha majkunuJ(japplikaw

id-dispozizzj onijiet ta' din il·Taqsima ta' dan I·AII skond

is·subartikolu (2) ta' I-artikolu 32A la' dan I.Att;jew

Ii kieku d·dispozizzjonijiet tal.ligi msemmija

(e)

fid-dikjarazzjon i rna ke1lhomx jibqghu japplikaw , il-Jigi

kie net Ikun inkompalibbli rna' J(i wahda mid·

dispozizzjonijiet lal-KOSliluzzjoni jew ta' I-Atl dwar jJ.

Konvenzjoni Ewropea;jcw

(d) iz-zmicn stabbilit fis·subartikolu (2) la' 1-

anikolu 32H ta' dan I·Att qabel rna jkunu jislghu jsiru

d-dikjarazzjonij iet Ii jitolbu r·referendum rna jkunJ(

ghadu skada meta dawk id·dikjarazzjonijict ikunu gew

ipprei.entati ghand il·Kummissjoni Elettorali.

(2) Hadd minn dawk il·persuni Ii jaghrnlu rikors

s kond is-subartikolu (I) ta' dan I·anikolu rna ghandujenhtieg ·

Ii juri J(i interess personali in sostenn ta' l-azzjoni tieghu.

(3) Applikazzjoni Ii ssir skond rna hemrn fis-

subanikolu (2) ta' dan I-artikolu ghandha tigi notifikata

(a)

lill-Prim Ministru;

(b)

liJI·Kap ta' I·OppoZizzjoni;

\ill.proponenti tar-referendum; u

(e)

(d) iii ku!l persuna ohra Ii Own ipprei.ental rikors

skond rna hemm fis-subartikolu (I) ta' dan l-artikolu.

(4) Kull min jigi notifikat b'rikors skond is-

subartikolu (3) ta' dan I-artikolu jkollu jedd Ii jippreicnta

risposta fir-Registru tal-Qoni Kostituzzjonali fi imien xahar

minn notifika Ii tkun saritiu, u dawk ir-risposti ghandhom

jigu notifikati lill-persuni msemmija fiJ·paragrafi (a) sa (d)

tas·subartikolu (3) ta' dan I-artikolu fi imien ghaxart ijiem

mill·prei.entata.

(5) Ghall-ghan ta' dan I-artikolu, in-notifika 55ir

billi d-dokument Ii ghandu jigi notifikatjigi konsenjat pennezz

ta' posta rregistrata, u ghandha titqies Ii tkun hekk saretjumejn

wara Ii d-dokument ikun intbaghat bil-posta r envewpe lijkun

indirizzat fil -kai tal-Prim Mini stru u tal- Kap ta' 1-

Oppoiizzjoni Il-umccju ta' I-Iskriyan tal- Kamra tad-Dcputati,

fiJ-kai tal-proponenti Il-indirizz minnhom iddikjarat fid-

dikjarazzjoni u fil-kai la' persuna Ii tipprei.enta rikors skond

is-subartikolu (I) ta' dan I-artikolu, Il-indirizz muri fuq ir-

rikors.

(I) As soon as may be after the service of the

CorutitWonol

determi.,. replies referred to in subsection (3) of section 320 , the

application,. Constitutional Court shall unless it considers that such

hearing is not required as the applications and replies are

sufficiently clear and do not require further submissions,

fix a date for Ihe hearing of submissions on the applications

made to it in accordance with section 320 , and shall eause

to be published by the Registrar a notice in the Gazette stating

the place, time and date where the hearing is to be held.

(2) The notice referred to in subsection (I) of

this section shall be published not later than Icn days before

the date of the hearing and not later than one month after the

ser-.:ice of the replies.

(3) On the date of the hearing all the persons

served with a reply shall have a right to be present and make

further submissions in favour or against any application made

in accordance with section 320 of this Act. In such

sul>lIllssiollS lho;; Constitutional Coun shall forbid anything

that is merely a repetition of what is contained in the

applications and the replies.

(4) The Constitutional Court shall hear all

submissions on the day fixed for the hearing, and if there is

not sufficient time on that date it shall adjourn the hearing

to the next day, not being a Saturday, Sunday or a public

holiday, and shall so continue hearing all submissions until

all submi~iuns have bc::cn made.

(5) After aU submissions ha ve been made in

accordance with subsection (4) of Ihis sec tion the

Constitutional Coun shall adjourn the hearing of the

applications to Ii date not laler than one month when it shall

deliver its decision.

(6) Where no date has becn appointed for the

hearing of submissions the Constitutional Court shall within

the time referred to in subsection (2) hereof cnuse to be

published a date being not later than two months after the

date of service of the replies, on which il shall deliver its

decision.

(7) On the date fIXed for the delivery of the decision

the Constitutional Coun shall decide whether any of the

grounds for the holding of the referendum existS and if no

such grou nds exist it shull dec ree thill Ihe refere ndum may

be held. Where the Constitutional Court decides that grounds

ellist for nOI holding the referendum suc h referendum shall

not be held. :lOd the Electoral Commission. upon the service

of a copy of the judgement upon it, shall eause a notice to

that affect to be published in the Gazette .

(I) Aoopyof thedecisionoftheConstitutional

Court shall be delivered personally to the President of Malta

by the Registrar not later than len days after its delivery, and

thereupon the Registrar shall publish a notice in the Gazette

stating the date when the copy was so delivered to Ihe

President.

(2) Where the Constitutional Court has decided thai

a referendum may be held, the President shall fix a day for

il. being a date not earlier than three months and not latcr

than s ix months after the eopy of the decision of tll\;

Conslitutional Court shall have been delivered to the

President in accordance with subSection (I) hereof, and the

President shall issue a Writ in accordance wi th this Act

accordingly.

(I) Notwithstanding any other provisio n of

this Pan a referendum under this Part shall not be held if -

(a) the provision upon the repeal of which a

referendum was to be held have before the date fixed

for poUing been amended or repealed; or

(b) between the handing of the copy of the

decision of the Constitutional Court and the date filled

for polling Parliament is dissolved.

(2) Where a referendum is not to be held in

accordance with subsection (I) of this section the President

of Malta shal l issue a Proclamation accordingly.

(I) Where the majority of voters, voting in a

referendum under this Part, approve the proposal that the

provision of the enactment the repeal of which is requested,

the said provision shall no longer have effect and Ihc

President of MalIa shall issue a Proclamation accordingly

Provided that such proposal shall be deemed not

to have been approved if less than fifty percent of those

entided to vote in the referendum plus one, will have cast

their vote.

(2) Where the majority of voters have nOI

approved a proposal as is referred to in subsection (I) of

this section Ihe relative provision of the enactment shall

continue to have effect, and no new declaration as provided

in section 328 oflhis Act with respect to tne same provision

may be made before the lapse of two years from the

publication of the result of the referendum.".

6. In section 34 of the principal Act, for the words "Section 37

of the Electoral Franchise Ordinance" there shall be substituted the

words "Section 110 of the General Elections Act, 1991 ", and for the

words "Cap. 99" appearing in the marginal note thereto there shall be

substituted the words "Act XXI of 1991 ".

7, In the marginal note to section 35 of the principal Act,

inunediately after the words "Cap. 102" there shall be added the words

"Founeenth Schedule, Act XXI of 1991'",

8, In section 36 of the principal Act for the words "Sections 63,

64 and 65 of the Electoral Polling Ordinance" there shall be substituted

the words "Sections 111, 112 aIld ! 13 of the General Elections Act,

1991'", and for the words "Cap, 102" in the marginal note thereto there

shall be substituted the words "Act XXI of 1991".

9. Immediately aner the Second Schedule 10 the principal Act

there shall be added tile followi ng new Schedule;

" THIRD SCHEDULE

[SECTION 328]

REFERENDA ACT

l)eclaralion (or the Holding or a Rcrcr1!ndum

We the undersigned persons being persons registered as

or

voters for .he elcclinn of members of the House Rcpre~ntati ves

(the first .. (I I .••••.••.. persons unders igned being the proposers )

demand that the question whether the fo llowing provisions or

law, that is 10 say .(1)

· ... , ...... .. .. ..... ...... ............ .. .. " .......... , .......................... .

should not continue in force shall be put to those entitled to vOle

in a referendu m under Pan VI A of the Referenda Act .

Identity Card No.

SigMlure

Add.rns

Electoral Division

Notes

il number not being less than li ve anti nOt more than [0

(I)

being pro pose rs in terms of sectio n 32C(2) o f the

Re ferenda Act. Cap.237.

inse rt here the details of the provisions on which the

(11

question is to be put:'.

10. Immediately afterscction 360fthe Local Cou ncils Act 1993.

there shall be inse rt.ed the following new secti o n

368 . (I ) Subject to the provisions of Ihis section

this Part VI A of the Refe renda Act shall appl y to any bye-

m.

law made by any Local Council under the provis ions of this

Act.

(2) The provisions orPan VI A of the Referenda

Act shall for the purposes of this section be applicable as

follows

(a) Section 328 thereof shall apply as if the

reference therein to ten percent of the total number of

persons registered as voters in subsection (I) thereof

were a reference to ten percent of the total number of

persons registered as voters in elections for local

councillors for the locality which has made the bye-

law to which the declaration applies;

(b) section 32C thereof shall apply as if the

reference in subsection (I) thereof 10 the Electoral

district wherein the voter is registered were a reference

to locality for the election of whose local councillors

the voter is registered;

(c)

section 32D thereof shall apply -

(i ) as if the reference to any person

registered as a voter for the election of members

of the House of Representatives in subsection (I)

thereof were a reference to any person registcred

as a voter for the election of local councillors for

the Local Council of the locality making the

relative bye-law;

as if the reference to subsection (I) of

(ii)

section 32B of the ReferendaAct in paragraph (a)

of subsection ( I ) thereof were a reference to that

subsection as applicable in accordance with

paragraph (a) hereof;

(iii) as if the reference to the Constitution

and the European Convention Act in paragraph

(c) of subsection (1) thereof were also a reference

to the Local Councils Act 1993; and

(iv) subsection (3) thereof required serviee

of any application also on the mayor of the Local

Council making the bye-law which service shall

for the purposes of subsection (5) thereof he made

at the office of [he relative Local Council; and

(d) Paragraph (b) of subsection (I) of section

32G shall not apply.".

(a) Section 328 thereof shall apply as if the

reference therein to ten percent of the total number of

persons registered as voters in subsection (I) thereof

were a reference to ten percent of the total number of

persons registered as voters in elections for local

councillors for the locality which has made the bye-

law to which the declaration applies;

(b) section 32C thereof shall apply as if the

reference in subsection (I) thereof 10 the Electoral

district wherein the voter is registered were a reference

to locality for the election of whose local councillors

the voter is registered;

(c)

section 32D thereof shall apply -

(i ) as if the reference to any person

registered as a voter for the election of members

of the House of Representatives in subsection (I)

thereof were a reference to any person registcred

as a voter for the election of local councillors for

the Local Council of the locality making the

relative bye-law;

as if the reference to subsection (I) of

(ii)

section 32B of the ReferendaAct in paragraph (a)

of subsection ( I ) thereof were a reference to that

subsection as applicable in accordance with

paragraph (a) hereof;

(iii) as if the reference to the Constitution

and the European Convention Act in paragraph

(c) of subsection (1) thereof were also a reference

to the Local Councils Act 1993; and

(iv) subsection (3) thereof required serviee

of any application also on the mayor of the Local

Council making the bye-law which service shall

for the purposes of subsection (5) thereof he made

at the office of [he relative Local Council; and

(d) Paragraph (b) of subsection (I) of section

32G shall not apply.".

A

Passed by the House of Representatives at Sitting No. 509 of the 14th February ,

1996. LA \\'RENCE G ONZI

Speaker

RICfIAlm J . CA UCHI

Clerk to lire H(}u~'e of Representatives.