Revision of Laws Act 1968

Revision of Laws Act 1968
Parliament of Malaysia
An Act to provide for the revision and reprinting of laws and subsidiary legislation.
Citation Act 1
Territorial extent Throughout Malaysia
Enacted by Dewan Rakyat
Date passed 17 October 1968
Enacted by Dewan Negara
Date passed 22 October 1968
Date of Royal Assent 24 December 1968
Date commenced 31 December 1968
Date effective 1 January 1969
Legislative history
Bill introduced in the Dewan Rakyat Revision of Laws Bill 1968
Introduced by Bahaman Samsudin, Minister of Justice
First reading September 1968
Second reading 17 October 1968
Third reading 17 October 1968
Bill introduced in the Dewan Negara Revision of Laws Bill 1968
Introduced by Bahaman Samsudin, Minister of Justice
First reading 22 October 1968
Second reading 22 October 1968
Third reading 22 October 1968
Amends
Emergency (Revision of Laws) (Amendment) Ordinance 1970 [P.U. (A) 107/1970]
Revision of Laws (Amendment) Act 1971 [Act A43]
Constitution (Amendment) Act 1994 [Act A885]
Revision of Laws (Amendment) Act 1999 [Act A1061]
Related legislation
Reprint of Federal Laws Act 1965 [No. 26 of 1965]
Section 48 of the Interpretation and General Clauses Ordinance 1948 [M.U. 7 of 1948]
Status: In force

The Revision of Laws Act 1968 (Malay: Akta Penyemakan Undang-undang 1968), is a Malaysian laws which enacted to provide for the revision and reprinting of laws and subsidiary legislation.

Structure

The Revision of Laws Act 1968, in its current form (1 August 2008), consists of 18 sections and no schedule (including 4 amendments), without separate Part.

  • Section 1: Short title
  • Section 2: Interpretation
  • Section 3: Appointment of Commissioner
  • Section 4: Appointment of Committee
  • Section 5: Printing of revised laws
  • Section 6: Powers of the Commissioner
  • Section 7: Method of compiling a revised law
  • Section 8: Examination by the Committee
  • Section 9: Revised law to comply with Committee's opinion
  • Section 10: Publication of revised law
  • Section 11: Completion of revision of pre-1969 laws to be notified in Gazette
  • Section 12: Saving of existing subsidiary legislation
  • Section 13: Revision of subsidiary legislation
  • Section 14: Reprint of laws
  • Section 14A: Publication volume by volume
  • Section 14B: Updating of reprints
  • Section 14C: Delegation of powers
  • Section 15: Rectification of formal errors
  • Section 16: Reference to number of line in any law
  • Section 17: Place of this Act in the Laws of Malaysia series
  • Section 18: Repeal

References

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