| 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 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 | |
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
External links
- Revision of Laws Act 1968
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