Cap. 182 Art. 2Interpretation.

In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires -

"association of persons" includes any company, partnership or body of persons, whether corporate or unincorporate and whether vested with legal personality or not; "exempted person" means any promoter or operator of a trading stamps scheme to whom the provisions of this Act do not apply under article 6(1); "gift" means a gift in cash or in kind and includes any valuable advantage and any prize the giving of which depends upon the outcome of a future uncertain event or of a combination of future events; "goods" means anything which is the subject of trade;

"importer" includes an agent having the exclusive representation of a foreign firm for the sale or distribution in Malta of the goods of that firm or of a local firm for the sale or distribution in Malta of the goods manufactured by such local firm, and "to import" shall be construed accordingly;

"manufacturer" includes the producer, and "to manufacture" shall be construed accordingly;

"person" includes an association of persons; "seller" means the transferor or assignor of goods against the payment of any consideration whether in cash or in kind and includes any party to the exchange of goods and "to sell" shall be construed accordingly; "trading stamp" means any stamp, coupon, voucher, token, label, wrapper or similar device which is or is intended to be delivered to any person upon or in connection with the purchase by that person of any goods and is or is intended to be redeemable in specified quantities by that or some other person against the receipt of a gift; "trading stamps scheme" means any scheme, plan, promise, offer,

*See article 1(2) as originally enacted, which subarticle has been omitted under the Statute Law Revision Act, 1980, and Government Notice No. 670 of the 18th of December, 1964. of and in exchange for trading stamps.