Cap. 319 Art. 2Interpretation.

In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires -

"Convention" means the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms signed in Rome on the 4th November, 1950 and the First, Second, Third, Fourth, Fifth, Sixth and Seventh Protocols thereto signed in Paris on the 20th March 1952, and in Strasbourg on the 6th May 1963, 6th May 1963, 16th September 1963, 20th January 1966, 18th April 1983 and 22nd November 1984, respectively; "Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms" means those rights and freedoms as set out in articles 2 to 18 (inclusive) of the Convention and articles 1 to 3 (inclusive) of the First Protocol, articles 1 to 4 (inclusive) of the Fourth Protocol, articles 1 and 2 of the Sixth Protocol and articles 1 to 5 (inclusive) of the Seventh Protocol to the Convention, which articles are reproduced in the First Schedule to this Act; "ordinary law" means any instrument having the force of law and any unwritten rule of law, other than the Constitution of Malta; "person" includes any physical person, non-governmental organization or group of individuals.