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TRANSFER OF POWERS AND DUTIES ACT.<\/a>\n<\/p>\n

ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS.<\/b>\n<\/p>\n

<\/b>   Section\n<\/p>\n

<\/b>   1.<\/b>   Transfer of statutory powers and duties.\n<\/p>\n

<\/b>   2.<\/b>   Interpretation of written laws and saving.\n<\/p>\n

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CHAPTER 260
TRANSFER OF POWERS AND DUTIES ACT.\n<\/p>\n

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Commencement<\/i>: 9 August, 1962.\n<\/p>\n

<\/b>   An Act to provide for the transfer to Ministers and public off<\/p>\n

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icers of statutory powers and duties vested in the President and for matters connected therewith and incidental thereto.<\/b><\/p>\n

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<\/a>1.<\/b>   Transfer of statutory powers and duties.\n<\/p>\n

<\/b>   (1) Where by or under any Act the President is empowered to exercise any power or perform any duty, the President may, by statutory order, transfer the exercise of that power or the performance of that duty to any Minister or public officer.\n<\/p>\n

<\/b>   (2) An order made under this section\u2014\n<\/p>\n

<\/b>   (a<\/i>)<\/b>   may make such amendments to any Act in respect of which the order is made, being amendments consequential upon the transfer by that order of the exercise of any power or the performance of any duty, as may be necessary for carrying the order into effect; and\n<\/p>\n

<\/b>   (b<\/i>)<\/b>   may be varied by a subsequent order made in the like manner and subject to the same conditions.\n<\/p>\n

<\/b>   (3) Every order made under this section shall be laid before Parliament.<\/p>\n

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<\/a>2.<\/b>   Interpretation of written laws and saving.\n<\/p>\n

<\/b>   Where a statutory order is made under section 1, any Act in respect of which the order is made shall thereafter be read and construed in all respects as if the Act were amended in conformity with the terms of that order; except that any appointment or statutory instrument made by the President in exercise of the powers conferred upon him or her by any such Act shall continue in force until revoked or replaced by any appointment or statutory instrument made by the Minister or public officer mentioned in the order.\n<\/p>\n

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History<\/b><\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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Legislation<\/td>\n

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Number<\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

Cap.<\/td>\n260<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n

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