Malawi Independence Act 1964
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | 1964 c. 46 |
(1) On and after 6th July 1964 (in this act referred to as “the appointed day”) the territories which immediately before the appointed day are comprised in the Nyasaland protectorate shall together form part of Her Majesty’s dominions under the name of Malawi; and on and after that day Her Majaesty’s Government in the United Kingdom shall have no responsibility for the government of those territories.(2) No Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom passed on or after the appointed day shall extend or be deemed to extend to Malawi as part of its law; and on and after that day the provisions of Schedule 1 to this Act shall have effect with respect to legislative powers in Malawi.(3) Subsection (1) of this section shall not affect the operation in Malawi of any enactment or any other instrument having the effect of law passed or made before the appointed day, or be taken to extend any such enactment or instrument to Malawi as part of its law.(1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .(3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .(4) On and after the appointed day, the provisions specified in Schedule 2 to this Act shall have effect subject to the amendments respectively specified in that Schedule, . . . (5) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (6) Subsection (4) of this section, Schedule 2 to this Act . . . (1) In this Act “the existing Constitution Order” means the Nyasaland (Constitution) Order in Council 1963 as amended by the Nyasaland (Constitution) (No. 2) Order in Council 1963 and any further Order in Council made before the appointed day.(2) References in this Act to any enactment are references to that enactment as amended or extended by or under any other enactment.This Act may be cited as the Malawi Independence Act 1964. (1) The Colonial Laws Validity (2) No law and no provision of any law made on or after the appointed day by any such legislature shall be void or inoperative on the ground that it is repugnant to the law of England, or to the provisions of any Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, including this Act, or to any order, rule or regulation made under any such Act, and, subject to paragraph 5 of this Schedule, the powers of any such legislature shall include the power to repeal or amend any such Act, order, rule or regulation in so far as it is part of the law of Malawi.(3) Any legislature established for Malawi shall have full power to make laws having extra-territorial operation.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .section 4 of the Colonial Courts of Admiralty this Act;any Order in Council revoking the existing Constitution Order and providing for a new constitution for Malawi to come into effect on the appointed day;any law, or instrument made under a law, of any legislature established for Malawi which, being a law or instrument made on or after the appointed day, amends, modifies, re-enacts with or without amendment or modification, or makes different provision in lieu of, any provisions of this Act, of the Order in Council first mentioned in this paragraph, or of any such law or instrument previously made.(1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (2) In section 1(6) of the Diplomatic Immunities (Commonwealth Countries and Republic of Ireland) Act 1952, before the words “and the Republic of Ireland” there shall be inserted the word “Malawi”.(3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . in subsection (4) , before the words “together with” there shall be inserted the word “Malawi”, andin subsection (9) , for the word “Nyasaland”, in each place
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