Consolidated Constitution including Acts XXXIX of 2025, IX of 2026 and XVI of 2026
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CHAPTER VII
- Jurisdiction
- Malta
- Provision
- 86
- Source language
- English
- Recorded status
- in force
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- Recorded status
- in force
Provision text
Official source86. (1) Where by this Constitution the Prime Minister is required to exercise any function on the recommendation of any person or authority he shall exercise that function in accordance with such recommendation:
Provided that -
Provided that if occasion arises for making an appointment while Parliament is dissolved, a person who immediately before the dissolution was a member of the House of Representatives may be appointed as a Parliamentary Secretary as if he were still a member of that House, but any person so appointed shall vacate office at the beginning of the next session of Parliament if he is not then a member thereof.
(2) The provisions of sub-article (3) of article 81 of this Constitution shall apply to Parliamentary Secretaries as they apply to Ministers.
The President to be informed concerning mattersof government.
Substituted by:
LVIII. 1974.39.
Parliamentary Secretaries.
Amended by:
LVIII. 1974.40.
Oath to be taken by Ministers.
Substituted by:
LVIII. 1974.41.
Leader of the Opposition.
Amended by:
LVIII. 1974.42 .
Attorney General.
Amended by:
LVIII. 1974.43;
XIV. 2007.4.
Permanent Secretaries and heads of governmentdepartments.
Amended by:
LVIII. 1974.44.
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