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. 
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                Commencement Information | 
            
            
			
			
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						Whole Act | 
					
						21 April 1962 | 
					Commenced on enactment | 
				
			
		
		
		Amendments and other effects
		
			
				
					| How Affected | 
					Affecting Provision | 
					
			
			
			
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						Saving for cert. functns. of Attorney General. | 
					22/1974, ss. 3 (5), 14 (2) | 
					
			
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						S.2, s. | 
					35/1998, ss. 2, 18 (5) | 
					
			
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						S. 3(1) am. | 
					30/2006, s. 66 and sch. 3, para. 2 | 
					
			
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						S.3 (1) (1A) (1B), subsecs. substit. | 
					35/1998, ss. 3, 18 (5) | 
					
			
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						S.3 (1) (i) am. | 
					5/1964, s.10 | 
					
			
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						S.4 (1) am. | 
					35/1998, ss. 4 (1) (a), 18 (5) | 
					
			
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						S.4 (1A), subsec. ins. | 
					35/1998, ss. 4 (1) (b), 18 (5) | 
					
			
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						S.4 (2) am. | 
					35/1998, ss. 4 (1) (c), 18 (5) | 
					
			
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						S.4 (2A), subsec. ins. | 
					35/1998, ss. 4 (1) (d), 18 (5) | 
					
			
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						S.4 (3) (a) (b) am. | 
					35/1998, ss. 4 (1) (e) (f), 18 (5) | 
					
			
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						S.4 (4), subsec. substit. | 
					35/1998, ss. 4 (1) (g), 18 (5) | 
					
			
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						S.5, s. | 
					35/1998, ss. 5, 18 (5) | 
					
			
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						S. 5A, new s. | 
					35/1998, ss. 6, 18 (5) | 
					
			
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						S.6 (1) (b) am. | 
					16/1990, s.9, sch. 2 | 
					
			
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						S. 7(5) trans. of functns. under. | 
					S.I. No. 418 of 2011, arts. 1(2), 3 & sch. 1 | 
					
			
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						S. 8 (1) am. | 
					18/2014, ss. 1(2), 46(a) | 
					
			
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					16/1990, s.9, sch. 2 | 
					
			
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						S. 8 (2) am. | 
					18/2014, ss. 1(2), 46(b) | 
					
			
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					16/1990, s.9, sch. 2 | 
					
			
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						Schs. 5, 6, schs. ins. | 
					35/1998, ss. 7, 18 (5), sch. | 
					
			
		
		
		SIs made under the Act
		
			| Section | SIs made under the Act | 
			
			
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						None | 
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