ACT No. XXIV of 2017 AN ACT to amend the Maltese Citizenship Act, Cap. 188.

I assent.

(L.S.)

MARIE-LOUISE

COLEIRO PRECA

President

1st August, 2017

ACT No. XXIV of 2017

AN ACT to amend the Maltese Citizenship Act, Cap. 188.

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 Maltese Citizenship Short title.

(Amendment) Act, 2017, and this Act shall be read and construed as

one with the Maltese Citizenship Act, hereinafter referred to as "the Cap. 188.

principal Act".

Sub-article (9) of article 10 of the principal Act shall be Amendment of

article 10 of the

amended as follows

principal Act.

(a)

in paragraph (b) thereof, for the words "under this

Act:" there shall be substituted the words "under this Act;"; and

(b) immediately after paragraph (b) thereof, as

amended, there shall be added the following new paragraph

"(c) to an alien who has rendered exceptional

services to the Republic of Malta or to humanity, or whose

naturalisation is of exceptional interest to the Republic of

Malta, and who satisfies the requirements prescribed under

this Act. For the purposes of this paragraph "exceptional"

means unusually excellent or manifestly superior at a local

level, and refers primarily to contributions by scientists,

researchers, athletes, sports people, artists and cultural

performers:".

Sub-article (1) of article 24 of the principal Act shall be

amended as follows

(a)

in paragraph (i) thereof, for the words "as may be

prescribed." there shall be substituted the words "as may be

prescribed;"; and

(b) immediately after paragraph (i) thereof, as amended,

there shall be added the following new paragraph

"(j) for prescribing the requirements for and

administration of the grant of citizenship under article

10(9)(c) and for the granting of a certificate of

naturalisation as a citizen of Malta to an applicant meeting

such requirements as may be prescribed.".

Passed by the House of Representatives at Sitting No. 20 of the 19

th July, 2017.

ANĠLU FARRUGIA

Speaker

RAYMOND SCICLUNA

Clerk of the House of Representatives

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