ACT No. VI of 2008 AN ACT to amend :ie[ ir-Repubblika Act, Cap. 251 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 authority of the same, as follows>

I assent.

E DWARD F ENECH A DAMI

President

25th July, 2008

ACT No. VI of 2008

AN ACT to amend :ie[ ir-Repubblika Act, Cap. 251

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 authority of the same, as follows>

The title of this Act is the :ie[ ir-Repubblika (Amendment)

Act, 2008 and it shall be read and construed as one with the :ie[ ir-

Repubblika Act, hereinafter referred to as “the principal Act”.

Sub-article (2) of article 8 of the principal Act shall be amended

as follows>

(a) in paragraph (b) thereof, for the words “not more than

twelve persons” there shall be substituted the words “not more

than fifteen persons”<

(b) in paragraph (c) thereof, for the words “not more than

twenty persons” there shall be substituted the words “not more

than twenty-five persons”< and

(c) in paragraph (d) thereof, for the words “not more than

one hundred persons” there shall be substituted the words “not

more than one hundred and twenty-five persons”.

In subarticle (2) of article 12 of the principal Act, for the words Amendment

article 12

“one hundred” wherever they occur there shall be substituted the words of the principal Act.

“one hundred and twenty-five”.

Immediately after article 14 of the principal Act, there shall Addition of new

article 14A to the

be added the following new article>

principal Act.

(1) Without prejudice to the provisions of

article 14, the President may, in special circumstances, award

the Midalja g[all-Qadi tar-Repubblika to a group of persons

or a voluntary organisation which is duly enrolled with the

Commissioner in terms of the Voluntary Organisations Act.

(2) Where the Midalja g[all-Qadi tar-Repubblika

is awarded to a group or to an organisation, the Committee

shall, in terms of subarticle (2) of article 18 of this Act, indicate

the person belonging to the group or organisation who shall

be entitled to have the letters M.Q.R. (Midalja g[all-Qadi

tar-Repubblika) placed after his name on all occasions when

the use of such letters is customary and to wear the medal as

a decoration in accordance with the rules made under this

Act.

(3) In the eventuality that the person, indicated

in subarticle (2) hereof no longer forms part of the

organisation, or the group, the President of Malta may, on

the advice of the Prime Minister and following a

recommendation to that effect by the Nominations Committee,

nominate another person that appertains to such organisation

or group who shall be entitled to have the M.Q.R. (Midalja

g[all-Qadi tar-Repubblika) placed after his name on all

occasions when the use of such letters is customary and to

wear the medal as a decoration in accordance with the rules

made under this Act and in such eventuality the person that

no longer forms part of the organisation or the group will no

longer have the right to have the letters M.Q.R. (Midalja g[all-

Qadi tar-Repubblika) placed after his name on any occasions

when the use of such letters is customary and to wear the

medal as a decoration in accordance with the rules made under

this Act. In such an eventuality the individual is to return the

medal to the Secretary to the Cabinet.

(4) In the eventuality that the organisation, or the

group mentioned in subarticle (2) hereof disbands, the

President of Malta, on the advice of the Prime Minister and

following a recommendation to that effect by the Nominations

Committee, may withdraw the Midalja g[all-Qadi tar-

Repubblika. In such eventuality, the individual shall return

the medal to the Secretary to the Cabinet.

(5) Where the Midalja g[all-Qadi tar-Repubblika

is revoked in terms of subarticle (4) hereof, the provisions of

subarticle (2) of article 23 shall apply.”.

Article 16 of the principal Act shall be amended as follows>

5. (a) in sub-article (1) thereof, for the words “Long and

Efficient Service Medal, hereinafter in this article called the medal”

there shall be substituted the words “the Distinguished Service

Medal, and a Medal to be known as the Long and Efficient Service

Medal, hereinafter in this article called the medals,”< and

(b) in sub-article (4), paragraph (c) thereof, for the words

“the Malta Prison Service” there shall be substituted the words

“the Malta Correctional Services”.

6. In article 17 of the principal Act, for the words “Medal or a

Long and Efficient Service Medal” there shall be substituted the words,

“Medal, Distinguished Service Medal, or a Long and Efficient Service

Medal”.

7. In subarticle (1) of article 18 of the principal Act, immediately

after the words “the Chairman of this Committee.” there shall be added

the words “One member of this Committee shall be appointed after

consultation with the Leader of the Opposition.”.

Passed by the House of Representatives at Sitting No. 33 of 15th July, 2008.

L OUIS G ALEA

Speaker

P AULINE A BELA

Acting Clerk to the House of Representatives

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