Updated to 23 October 2025
			(Act No. 10 of 2025 and S.I. No. 506 of 2025)
			
	
		
		
		Contents
		
		
		Commencement
		
            
            
                | Section | 
                Commencement/Effective Date 
                    Where the commencement and effective dates differ, the effective date is shown below. 
                 | 
                Commencement Information | 
            
            
			
			
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						Ss. 1-4 | 
					
						6 April 1939 | 
					Commenced as per s. 23(3) | 
				
			
					| 
						S. 5 | 
					
						6 April 1933 | 
					Commenced as per s. 5(3) | 
				
			
					| 
						Ss. 6, 7 | 
					
						6 April 1939 | 
					Commenced as per s. 23(3) | 
				
			
					| 
						Ss. 8-13 | 
					
						19 July 1939 | 
					Commenced on enactment | 
				
			
					| 
						Ss. 14(1), (2) | 
					
						19 July 1939 | 
					Commenced on enactment | 
				
			
					| 
						S. 14(3) | 
					
						2 August 1934 | 
					Commenced as per s. 14(3) | 
				
			
					| 
						S. 14(4) | 
					
						16 May 1938 | 
					Commenced as per s. 14(4) | 
				
			
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						S. 14(5) | 
					
						19 July 1939 | 
					Commenced on enactment and as per s.14(5) | 
				
			
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						S. 14(6) | 
					
						29 July 1938 | 
					Commenced as per s. 14(6) | 
				
			
					| 
						Ss. 15-23 | 
					
						19 July 1939 | 
					Commenced on enactment | 
				
			
					| 
						Sch. 1, 2 | 
					
						19 July 1939 | 
					Commenced on enactment | 
				
			
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						Sch. 3 amendments (save as is otherwise provided for in Sch. 3, col.3)  | 
					
						11 May 1939 | 
					Commenced as per s. 13(2) | 
				
			
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						Schs. 4-6 | 
					
						19 July 1939 | 
					Commenced on enactment | 
				
			
		
		
		Amendments and other effects
		
			
				
					| How Affected | 
					Affecting Provision | 
					
			
			
			
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						Ss. 1-7 rep., conseq. provns. | 
					6/1967, ss. 554-557, 559, 560, sch. 19, pt. 2 | 
					
			
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						Ss. 8, 9 (1), 10 (1), 11 (1), duties term., new duties. | 
					I.D. (No. 128) O., 1962 | 
					
			
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						Ss. 10, 11 rep. | 
					2/1999, ss. 106, 109, sch. 3, pt, 1, col 3 | 
					
			
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						S.17 rep. | 
					18/1959, s.80, sch. 4, pt. 1 | 
					
			
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						S.18 (1) am. | 
					13/1994, ss. 76 (a), 77 | 
					
			
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						S.18 (1) (aa), par. ins. | 
					13/1994, ss. 76 (b), 77 | 
					
			
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						S.18 (1) (aa), par. substit. | 
					8/1995, s.83 | 
					
			
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						S.18 (1A), subsec. ins. | 
					13/1994, ss. 76 (c), 77 | 
					
			
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						S.18 (5) am. | 
					7/2001, s.240, sch. 5 | 
					
			
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						Sch. 3, ref. no. 3 del. | 
					E.I.D. (No. 397) O., 1957 | 
					
			
		
		
		SIs made under the Act
		
			| Section | SIs made under the Act | 
			
			
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						None | 
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