Malawi
Malawi National Council of Sports Act
Chapter 30:05
- Assented to on 22 April 1974
- Commenced on 1 June 1974
- [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.]
Part I – Preliminary
1. Short title
This Act may be cited as the Malawi National Council of Sports Act.2. Interpretation
In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires—"Chairman" means the Chairman of the Council appointed and designated pursuant to section 4;"Council" means the Malawi National Council of Sports established by section 3;"financial year" means the period commencing on the date of the commencement of this Act and ending on the 31st of March next following such date and thereafter means the period of twelve months ending on the 31st of March in each year;"Former Council" means the Council known as the Advisory Council for Sports functioning in Malawi immediately before the coming into operation of this Act;"member" means any member of the Council appointed pursuant to section 4;"national sports association" means any group or body of persons, corporate or unincorporate, formed or operating in Malawi and having as one of its objects the promotion on a national basis of any sport whether amateur or professional;"Register" means the Register of National Sports Associations provided for in section 19; and "register" and "registered" bear corresponding meanings;"registered association" means a national sports association for the time being registered in the Register pursuant to section 19;"Secretary" means such officer in the public service as the Minister shall designate as Secretary to the Council;"sport" means any sport, game or pastime designated by the Minister, by notice published in the Gazette, to be a sport for the purpose of this Act.Part II – Establishment of the Malawi National Council of Sports, its functions and powers, funds and accounts, etc.
3. Establishment of the Malawi National Council of Sports
There is hereby established a body corporate to be known as the Malawi National Council of Sports, which shall be a body corporate by that name with perpetual succession and a common seal (with power to alter and change such seal from time to time) and which shall be capable in law of suing and being sued, and, subject to this Act, of acquiring, holding, letting and otherwise disposing of land, and doing and performing such acts and things as bodies corporate may by law do and perform.4. Composition of the Council
5. Tenure of office of members of the Council
6. Appointment of temporary members
If at any time any member, other than the Chairman, is unable, owing to his absence from Malawi or to illness or to any other cause, temporarily to perform his duties or discharge his functions in the manner prescribed by this Act, the Minister may appoint a temporary member to perform the duties or discharge the functions of such member for the period during which the member is so disabled.7. The Council may co-opt persons to attend meetings
8. Members’ allowances, etc.
A member of the Council, shall be paid such remuneration and allowances, if any, as the Minister may in his case fix.[16 of 1983]9. Meetings of the Council
10. Non-liability of members
No member shall be personally liable for any act or default of his or of the Council done in good faith in the exercise, or the purported exercise, of any power or function of the Council.11. Pecuniary interest of members
12. Functions of the Council
13. Powers of the Council
14. Committees of the Council
15. Funds of the Council
16. Investment of moneys by the Council
17. Compliance with the provisions of the Finance and Audit Act
The Council shall at all times comply with the provisions of the Finance and Audit Act.[Cap. 37:01]18. Books, accounts and auditing
Part III – Registration of national sports associations, etc.
19. Registration of national sports associations
20. Striking off register
21. Penalties
If, at any time after the commencement of this Act, a national sports association, not being a registered association under this Act, operates in Malawi as a national sports association, every person concerned in the management of the said national sports association shall be guilty of an offence and liable to a fine of 200 Kwacha and to imprisonment for three months:Provided that nothing in this section shall apply to any person concerned in the management of a national sports association if application to register such association has been made in full compliance with section 19 and the result of such application has not been notified by the Secretary to the person stated under section 19 to be the person authorized to accept service on behalf of the association.Part IV – Transitional provisions, regulation-making powers, etc.
22. Regulation-making powers
The Minister may make regulations for the better carrying out of this Act, and, without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing, such regulations may provide for—History of this document
31 December 2014 this version
Consolidation
01 June 1974
Commenced
22 April 1974
Assented to