ACT No. II of 2023 AN ACT to amend the Standards in Public Life Act, Cap. 570.

I assent.

(L.S.)

GEORGE VELLA

President

3rd February, 2023

ACT No. II of 2023

AN ACT to amend the Standards in Public Life Act, Cap. 570.

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 Standards in Public Life Short title.

(Amendment) Act, 2023 and this Act shall be read and construed as

one with the Standards in Public Life Act, hereinafter referred to as Cap. 570.

''the principal Act''.

The proviso to article 4 of the principal Act shall be Amendment of

article 4 of the

substituted by the following new provisos

principal Act.

"Provided that if the Resolution when put to the vote

is not supported by the votes of not less than two-thirds of all the

members of the House, a second vote on the Resolution shall be

taken not earlier than seven (7) days from the first vote which

shall also require the votes of not less than two-thirds of all the

members of the House, and if at the second vote the Resolution is

not supported by the votes of not less than two-thirds of all the

members of the House, a third vote on the Resolution shall be

taken not earlier than seven (7) days from the second vote and at

the said third vote the Resolution shall be approved provided that

it is supported by the majority of the votes of all the members of

the House, and in this case the President of Malta shall act

according to the Resolution as approved

Provided further that when a second or a third vote

are to be taken, new candidates for the office of Commissioner

may, through an amendment of the original motion, be nominated

together with or instead of any other nominated candidates,

before the taking of the second and before the taking of the third

vote

Provided further that when a person who is not a

member of the House is elected to be the Speaker of the House,

the said person shall not be considered to be a member of the

House for the purpose of establishing the majority required by

this article.".

Passed by the House of Representatives at Sitting No. 82 of the 30th

January, 2023.

ANĠLU FARRUGIA

Speaker

RAYMOND SCICLUNA

Clerk of the House of Representatives

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