Cap. 178 Art. 3Declaration of public emergency.

(1) If the President of Malta, acting in accordance with the advice of the Prime Minister, is satisfied that a public emergency exists, he may by Proclamation declare that the provisions of Part II of this Act shall come into operation, and there upon those provisions shall come into operation accordingly; and they shall continue in operation until the President of Malta, acting in accordance with the advice of the Prime Minister, by a further Proclamation directs that they shall cease to have effect, where upon they shall cease to have effect except as respects things previously done or omitted to be done.

(2) A Proclamation made under subarticle (1) may be made so as to apply only to such part or parts of Malta as may be specified in the Proclamation (in this subarticle called "the emergency area") in which case regulations made under the said Part II shall, except as otherwise expressly provided in such regulations, have effect only in the emergency area.

*See Government Notice No. 76 of the 2nd of March, 1963.

(3) Whenever a Proclamation is made under subarticle (1), the occasion therefor shall be communicated to the House of Representatives -

(a) in the case of a Proclamation made when the House of Representatives is in session, within a period of seven days, and

(b) in any other case, as soon as practicable.