ACT No. IX of 2017 AN ACT to amend the Interpretation Act, Cap. 249.

I assent.

M ARIE- L OUISE

(L.S.)

C OLEIRO P RECA

President

14th March, 2017

ACT No. IX of 2017

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, 2017, 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 article 6 of the principal Act there shall Addition of new

article to the

be added the following new article

principal Act.

" Power to act

Where a law provides for a Board,

notwithstanding

Committee, Authority or other entity established

any vacancy.

by law to be composed, wholly or in part, of

persons nominated by specified holders of office,

authorities, persons or bodies and any person or

persons required to nominate any person to sit on

the said Board, Committee, Authority or other

entity, fails to make such nomination within one

week from when it is asked to do so in the absence

of a stipulated term in the law in which the said

nomination is asked for, the said Board,

Committee, Authority or other entity shall be

deemed to be validly constituted according to law

and to be entitled to exercise all its powers and

functions and to fulfil all its duties under any law

notwithstanding any vacancy therein arising from

any said failure to nominate any person as

aforesaid, without prejudice to any quorum

requirements in respect of the meetings of any

said Board, Committee, Authority or other

entity.".

Passed by the House of Representatives at Sitting No. 492 of the

8th March, 2017.

A NĠLU F ARRUGIA

Speaker

R AYMOND S CICLUNA

Clerk of the House of Representatives

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