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Revision of Laws Act 1968

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Citation
  
Act 1

Enacted by
  
Dewan Rakyat

Enacted by
  
Dewan Negara

Territorial extent
  
Throughout Malaysia

Date passed
  
17 October 1968

Date passed
  
22 October 1968

Revision of Laws Act 1968

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

    Revision of Laws Act 1968 Wikipedia