ACT No. XII of 2024 AN ACT to amend the General Elections Act, Cap. 354.

I assent.

(L.S.)

GEORGE VELLA

President

28th March, 2024

ACT No. XII of 2024

AN ACT to amend the General Elections Act, Cap. 354.

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 General Elections Short title.

(Amendment) Act, 2024 and this Act shall be read and construed as

one with the General Elections Act, hereinafter referred to as the Cap. 354.

"principal Act".

Sub-article (3A) of article 77 of the principal Act shall be Amendment of

article 77 of the

amended as follows

principal Act.

(a)

paragraph (a) thereof shall be amended as follows

(i) the words "who declares on oath before the

Electoral Commission or such other persons appointed by

the Commission to act instead of the Commissioners" shall

be substituted by the words "who declares in writing on the

form prescribed for that purpose by the Commission or by

electronic means through a website intended for that

purpose by the Commission"; and

(ii) in the third proviso thereof, the words "which

declaration may not necessarily require a sworn

declaration" shall be deleted;

(b) in paragraph (b) thereof the word "sworn" shall be

deleted; and

(c)

paragraph (c) thereof shall be amended as follows

(i) the first proviso thereof shall be substituted by

the following new proviso

"Provided that any person who makes the

declaration as aforesaid and who did not receive his

voting document, shall be provided by the

Commission or persons appointed by the Commission

to act on behalf of the Commissioners, with such

document when the said person makes such

declaration, or in default, such document may be

collected by the person himself from the place

designated by the Commission for the purpose that,

such person votes seven (7) days prior to polling day,

provided that the said person produces his valid

identification document to the representative of the

Commission who is delegated by it for the purpose of

delivering such document:"; and

(ii) in the second proviso thereof the word "sworn"

shall be deleted.

Passed by the House of Representatives at Sitting No. 224 of the

25th March, 2024.

ANĠLU FARRUGIA

Speaker

ELEANOR SCERRI

Clerk of the House of Representatives

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