The Revision of Laws Act 1968 (Malay: Akta Penyemakan Undang-undang 1968), is a Malaysian law which enacted to provide for the revision and reprinting of laws and subsidiary legislation.
| Revision of Laws Act 1968 | |
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| Parliament of Malaysia | |
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| Citation | Act 1 |
| Territorial extent | Throughout Malaysia |
| Passed by | Dewan Rakyat |
| Passed | 17 October 1968 |
| Passed by | Dewan Negara |
| Passed | 22 October 1968 |
| Royal assent | 24 December 1968 |
| Commenced | 31 December 1968 |
| Effective | 1 January 1969 |
| Legislative history | |
| First chamber: Dewan Rakyat | |
| Bill title | 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 |
| Second chamber: Dewan Negara | |
| Bill title | Revision of Laws Bill 1968 |
| Member(s) in charge | Bahaman Samsudin, Minister of Justice |
| First reading | 22 October 1968 |
| Second reading | 22 October 1968 |
| Third reading | 22 October 1968 |
| Amended by | |
| 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 | |
Structure edit
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 Parts.
- 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 edit
External links edit
- Revision of Laws Act 1968
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