Malawi
Revision of the Laws Act
Chapter 1:02
- Assented to on 31 March 1978
- Commenced on 2 April 1968
- [This is the version of this document at 31 December 2014.]
- [Note: This version of the Act was revised and consolidated in the Fifth Revised Edition of the Laws of Malawi (L.R.O. 1/2018), by the Solicitor General and Secretary for Justice under the authority of the Revision of the Laws Act.]
1. Short title
This Act may be cited as the Revision of the Laws Act.2. Interpretation
In this Act unless the context otherwise requires—“Commissioner” means the Law Revision Commissioner appointed by the Minister under section 3(1);“in force” in relation to an Act, means enacted and brought into operation, and in relation to subsidiary legislation, means made and brought into operation;“Law Revision Officer” means the Law Revision Officer designated as such pursuant to section 3(2);“Law Revision Order” means an order made by the Minister under section 5;“revision date” in respect of the first edition of the Laws of Malawi prepared and published under this Act, means, for Acts, the 1st January, 1968, and for subsidiary legislation, the 4th August, 1967, and in respect of subsequent revisions of the Laws of Malawi, means the 1st January in each year, or such other date, in any year, as the Minister may, by order, appoint as a revision date.3. Commissioner: Law Revision Officer
4. Duties of Commissioner and Law Revision Officer
5. Publication of the Laws of Malawi
6. Periodical revision of Laws of Malawi
7. Laws of Malawi to constitute sole and proper version of laws
The written laws reproduced on the pages duly authorized for inclusion in the Laws of Malawi shall, in all courts and for all purposes, constitute the sole and proper version of those laws in force on the last preceding revision date.8. Contents of Laws of Malawi
The Laws of Malawi shall, in relation to any revision date, contain-9. Power to omit certain laws from the Laws of Malawi
It shall not be necessary to include in the Laws of Malawi—10. Validity of laws not included in the Laws of Malawi
Any written law omitted from the Laws of Malawi under the authority of section 9(a), (b) or (f), and any written law omitted from the Laws of Malawi under the authority of section 9(c), (d) or (e) which is specified in the list referred to in section 8(d), shall have the same force and effect as if it had not been so omitted, but otherwise no written law shall have force and effect in Malawi unless it is reproduced in the Laws of Malawi or specified in the list referred to in section 8(d):Provided that this section shall not apply to any written law brought into operation after a revision date until after the next succeeding revision date.11. Powers in respect of preparation of pages
12. No power to make amendments of substance
Subject to section 11(2), nothing in this Act shall confer any power to make any alterations or amendments in the substance of any law.13. Construction of reference to repealed, etc., written law
14. Power of Minister to rectify errors by order
The Minister may at any time, by order, rectify any clerical or printing error appearing in the Laws of Malawi, or rectify in a manner not inconsistent with the powers of revision conferred by this Act any other error so appearing, or any other matter or omission requiring revision.History of this document
31 December 2014 this version
Consolidation
31 March 1978
Assented to
02 April 1968
Commenced
Subsidiary legislation
Title | Numbered title |
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Law Revision Order, 2018 | Government Notice 92 of 2018 |