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The Constitution Of Malta (Amendment) (No. 2) Act, 2006 (Bill No. 78)

A BILL

entitled

AN ACT to further amend the Constitution of Malta

BE IT ENACTED by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the House of Representatives, in the present Parliament assembled and by the authority of the same, as follows>-
1. The short title of this Act is the Constitution of Malta (Amendment) (No. 2) Act, 2006 and this Act shall be read and construed as one with the Constitution of Malta, hereinafter referred to as “the Constitution”.
2. Immediately after article 64 of the Constitution there shall be added the following new article>

Short title.

Addition of new article 64A of the Constitution.

“Office of

Ombudsman.

64A. (1) There shall be a Commissioner for Administrative Investigations to be called the Ombudsman who shall have the function to investigate actions taken by or on behalf of the Government, or by such other authority, body or person as may be provided by law (including an authority, body or office established by this Constitution), being actions taken in the exercise of their administrative functions.
(2) The manner of appointment, the term of office, and the manner of removal or suspension from office of the
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Amendment of article 66 of the Constitution.

Amendment of article 91 of the Constitution.

Amendment of article 100 of the Constitution.

Ombudsman together with any other matter ancillary or incidental thereto or considered necessary or expedient for the carrying out of the function referred to in sub-article (1) shall be provided for by an Act of Parliament.”.
3. In paragraph (b) of sub-article (2) of article 66 of the Constitution, for the words “60 and 61” there shall be substituted the words “60, 61 and 64A”.
4. In sub-article (4) of article 91 of the Constitution, for the words
“sixty years” there shall be substituted the words “sixty-five years”.
5. In sub-article (3) of article 100 of the Constitution, for the words “sixty years” there shall be substituted the words “sixty-five years”.

Objects and Reasons

The object of this Bill is to constitutionally establish the office of Ombudsman and to increase the compulsory retirement age of the Attorney General and Magistrates to sixty-five years.