Cap. 291 Art. 2Interpretation.

In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires -

"authority" shall mean a body corporate or incorporate, as well as any association of persons by whatever name called;

"Commissioner" means a Commissioner for Justice appointed according to article 3; "Court of Magistrates" means the Court of Magistrates (Malta) or the Court of Magistrates (Gozo), as the case may be, as a court of criminal judicature;

"Electoral Register" shall have the same meaning as is assigned to it by the General Elections Act;

"Minister" means the Minister responsible for justice; "scheduled offence" means an offence set out in the Schedule to this Act; "scheduled offence specified in the charge" means an offence to which the charge issued by the Executive Police, or the local council or authority in accordance with the provisions of article 5 refers, and includes such other infringement in addition thereto or in substitution therefor as a Commissioner may, in accordance with article 5(5), authorise.