ACT No. IX of 2026 An Act to amend the Constitution of Malta.

I assent.

MYRIAM SPITERI DEBONO

President

27th March, 2026

ACT No. IX of 2026

An Act to amend the Constitution of Malta.

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 Constitution of Malta Short title.

(Amendment) Act, 2026 and this Act shall be read and construed as

one with the Constitution of Malta, hereinafter referred to as the

"Constitution".

Article 108 of the Constitution shall be amended as follows

Amendment of

article 108 of

the Constitution.

(a) in the proviso to sub-article (2) thereof the words

"Provided that when a person" shall be substituted by the words

"Provided further that when a person" and immediately before

the mentioned proviso, as amended, there shall be added the

following new proviso

"Provided that notwithstanding the provisions of any

other law, if at the time of expiry of the term of

appointment of the Auditor General a resolution has not

been presented before the House of Representatives for the

appointment of an Auditor General or for the re-

appointment of the Auditor General, or if a resolution as

aforesaid has been presented before the House of

Representatives, such resolution has not been approved by

the votes in favour of not less than two-thirds (2/3) of all

the members of the House of Representatives, the person

who immediately before the expiry of the said term was

occupying the office of Auditor General shall, in any

circumstances, remain in office until the resolution is

approved by the votes in favour of not less than two-thirds

(2/3) of all the members of the House:";

(b) in paragraph (a) of sub-article (9) thereof the words

"and until a new Auditor General is appointed," shall be deleted.

Passed by the House of Representatives at Sitting No. 450 of the

25th March, 2026.

ANĠLU FARRUGIA

Speaker

ELEANOR SCERRI

Clerk of the House of Representatives

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