Cap. 249 Art. 2Interpretation.

(1) In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires -

"Act" means an Act of Parliament and any other Act passed by the Legislature of Malta and includes any code, ordinance, proclamation, order, rule, regulation, bye-law, notice or other instrument having the force of law in Malta other than an instrument to which the Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland entitled the Interpretation Act, 1889, applies;

"pass", and any derivative thereof, used in relation to the word Act, includes the making of any instrument having the force of law.

(2) No provision of this Act limiting its application, or that of any of its provisions, to certain Acts shall be construed as implying that other Acts, or any provision thereof or any expression occurring therein, are to be interpreted, construed or applied in a manner different from that provided in this Act.