Malaysia legislation
Section 4
Section 4
In the preparation of the supplementary volume the Commissioner shall have the following powers –
(1)
To omit –
(a)
all Ordinances or parts of Ordinances which have been repealed expressly and specifically or by necessary implication, or which have expired, or have become spent or have had their effect and all
Appropriation Ordinances;
(b)
all enactments prescribing the date when an Ordinance or part of an
Ordinance is to come into operation, where such omission can in the opinion of the Commissioner conveniently be made;
(c)
all amending Ordinances or parts thereof where the amendments effected thereby have been embodied by the Commissioner in the Ordinance to which they relate;
(d)
all enacting clauses;
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(2)
To consolidate into one Ordinance any two or more Ordinances in pari materia making the alterations thereby rendered necessary and affixing such date thereto as may seem most convenient;
(3)
To alter the order of sections in any Ordinances, and in all cases where it may be necessary to do so, to re-number the sections;
(4)
To alter the form or arrangement or arrangements of any section by transposing words, by combining it in whole or in part with another section or other sections or by dividing it into two or more subsections;
(5)
To alter the short title of any Ordinance;
(6)
To correct grammatical, typographical and similar mistakes in the existing copies of Ordinances, and for that purpose to make verbal additions, omissions or alterations not affecting the meaning of any Ordinance;
(7)
To supply or alter any index to sections, table of contents or marginal notes;
(8)
To correct cross references and to adapt all references and to make any amendment necessary to effect conformity with the Revised Edition;
(9)
To do all things necessary for the perfecting of the supplementary volume as part of the Revised Edition.
Commissioner not to alter substance.