ACT No. XIII of 2009 AN ACT to amend the Interpretation Act (Cap. 249).

I assent.

G EORGE A BELA

(L.S.)

President

17th July, 2009

ACT No. XIII of 2009

AN ACT to amend the Interpretation Act (Cap. 249).

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 short title of this Act is the Interpretation Short title.

(Amendment) Act, 2009, and this Act shall be read and construed as

one with the Interpretation Act, hereinafter referred to as "the Cap. 249.

principal Act".

Immediately after paragraph (c) of article 3(4) of the Amendment of

article 3 of the

principal Act, there shall be added the following new paragraphs

principal Act.

"(d) The authentic text of international

instruments to which Malta may be a party

shall be that which the Minister may cause to

be published on an internet site in exercise of

the powers conferred by article 11(a) of the

Statute Law Revision Act, 1980 and the text

shall be consolidated with subsequent

amendments, provided that a notice be

published in the Gazette giving the address of

the website wherein the said treaties or other

international instruments are published.

(e) For the purpose of publication of

the legal instruments of the European Union

to which Malta has acceded in accordance

with the European Union Act, publication of

the legal instruments on the Official Journal,

judicial notice of which is authorised

according to article 5(2) of the said European

Union Act, and the official websites of the

European Union shall suffice for the

requirements of publication and it will not be

necessary for the Minister to publish a notice

to this effect with regard to all past, present

or future legal instruments of the Union.".

Passed by the House of Representatives at Sitting No. 140 of the

14th July, 2009.

L OUIS G ALEA

Speaker

P AULINE A BELA

Clerk to the House of Representatives