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Written Law (Simplified Publication) Ordinance, 2000 is Malaysia State Ordinance, cited as State Ordinance Cap. 35 2000, currently marked in force and first recorded in 2000.
PREPARED AND PUBLISHED BY
THE COMMISSIONER OF LAW REVISION, SARAWAK
UNDER THE AUTHORITY OF THE REVISION OF LAWS ORDINANCE, 1992 2008
WRITTEN LAW (SIMPLIFIED PUBLICATION) ORDINANCE
Revised up to
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30th April, 2000
Date of publication in Gazette of this revised version
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14th December, 2000
Date appointed for coming into force of this revised version pursuant to section 6
of the Revision of Laws
Ordinance, 1992 [Cap. 1] …
1st January, 2001
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Enacted in 1953 as Ordinance No. 21 of 1953.
Revised in 1957 as Chapter 3 of 1958 Edition.
Reprinted in 1967.
Revised in 2000 as Chapter 35.
Reprinted in 2007
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Opening note
This Ordinance may be cited as the Written Law (Simplified
Publication) Ordinance.
Manner in which Gazette shall be published
Subject to section 4, the Gazette shall be published in separate Parts containing the respective matter specified in the
Schedule.
It shall not be necessary to indicate in Part V of the
Gazette, or in such Part as may from time to time contain matter not directed to be published in a separate Part, what matter has been published in other Parts thereof.
Any Part of the Gazette published in accordance with this
Ordinance shall be deemed to be published by order of the
Government within the meaning of the definition of “Gazette” in the
Interpretation Ordinance, 2005 [Cap. 61].
The definition of the word “Gazette” in this section shall be as defined in the Interpretation Ordinanance, 2005 [Cap. 61].
[Am. Ord. No. 2/57; Am. Cap. 61; Am. Cap. A139.]
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Each Part of the Gazette to be bound separately annually under the direction of the State Attorney General 3.⎯(1)
The matter in each Part of the Gazette shall, as soon as possible after the end of each calendar year, with such correction of grammatical and printing errors (including verbal amendments not affecting the substance of the matter) as the State Attorney General may by notification in the Gazette direct, be bound in separate volumes with indexes prepared under the direction of the State
Attorney General, and such volumes shall in addition contain⎯
in the case of the annual volume containing the matter in Part I of the Gazette, an alphabetical list, prepared under the direction of the State Attorney General, of the Ordinances in force at the end of the calendar year in question and of any
Ordinances enacted prior to the end of such calendar year which have not yet been brought into force;
in the case of the annual volume containing the matter in Part II of the Gazette⎯
a list, prepared under the direction of the State
Attorney General by reference to the written law under which the same was enacted, of all subsidiary legislation in force at the end of the calendar year in question and of any subsidiary legislation enacted prior to the end of such calendar year which has not yet been brought into force;
and
such other information with regard to the matter directed to be in Part II of the Gazette as the State
Attorney General shall see fit to include.
Subsection (1) shall take effect as if they were directions given by Order under section 4, and may be amended by Order made thereunder.
[Mod. Swk. L.N. 68/64.]
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Power to amend Schedule and to give directions regarding production and sale of annual volumes, etc.
⎯(1)
The Minister may by Order signified in the Gazette⎯
give directions as to the manner in which annual volumes corresponding to the Parts into which the Gazette is from time to time divided shall be produced and made available to subscribers and others, and as to any additional contents of such annual volumes; and
provide for the fees upon payment of which the annual volumes authorized herein shall be made available.
Directions given by Order under subsection (1) shall be deemed to be directions to the Government Printer and to such other persons as may be mentioned therein and shall not, unless the contrary expressly appears, be deemed to impose any duty upon any other person.
[Mod. Swk. L.N. 68/64.]
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(Section 2(1))
[Sub. Swk. L.N. 82/92.]
Part I of the Sarawak Government Gazette shall be published as and when necessary in two series containing the following categories of
Ordinances:
(1)
the Main Series shall contain all the Ordinances enacted by
Dewan Undangan Negeri that are considered to be laws of a primary and permanent nature and all the pre-1993 Ordinances revised under the authority of the Revision of Laws Ordinance,
1992 [Cap. 1]; and
(2)
the “A” Series shall contain all the amending Ordinances, repealing Ordinances, Supply Ordinances and any other
Ordinances which are intended to have effect for a short duration only.
Part II of the Sarawak Government Gazette shall be published as and when necessary and shall contain all Treaties, Conventions, Proclamations, orders, rules, regulations and all subsidiary legislation other than that which is required to be published in Part IV of the Gazette.
Part III of the Sarawak Government Gazette shall be published as and when necessary and shall contain all the Bills to be introduced in Dewan
Undangan Negeri.
Part IV of the Sarawak Government Gazette shall be published as and when necessary and shall contain all subsidiary legislation made under any written law by the Commission of the City of Kuching North, the other local authorities constituted under the Local Authorities Ordinance, 1996
[Cap. 20], and the Bintulu Development Authority in the exercise of the powers conferred on it under sections 4 and 5 of the Lembaga Kemajuan
Bintulu (Bintulu Development Authority) Ordinance, 1978 [Ord. No.
1/78].
[Am. Cap. A85.]
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Part V of the Sarawak Government Gazette shall be published every Thursday and shall contain all matters required to be published in the Gazette or which the Government deems it necessary to publish for public information other than matters which are required to be published in the other Parts referred to above:
Provided that⎯
(i)
when that day is a public holiday, publication may take place on the preceding Wednesday or Friday following as may be appropriate; or
(ii)
in the event of that Wednesday or Friday also being a public holiday, then publication may take place on such day as may be appointed by the State Attorney General; and
(iii)
the
State
Attorney
General may in exceptional circumstances authorize the publication of a special issue to be known as the Gazette Extraordinary on any day other than a Thursday.
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Chapter 35
Particulars under section 7(b) and (c) of the
Revision of Laws Ordinance, 1992 [Cap. 1]
LIST OF AMENDMENTS
Amending Law
Short Title
In force from
Ord. No. 2/57
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Revised Editions of the Laws
(Omnibus) Ordinance, 1957 8.6.1957
G.N.S. 144/53
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Written Law (Simplified
Publication) Order, 1953 1.1.1954
G.N.S. 133/56
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Written Law (Simplified
Publication) Order, 1956 14.9.1956
G.N.S. 139/56
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Written Law (Simplified
Publication) (No. 2) Order, 1956 19.10.1956
G.N.S. 248/62
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Written Law (Simplified
Publication) (Schedule)
(Amendment) Order, 1956 1.1.1963
Swk. L.N. 68/64
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Institution (Transfer of Functions and Consequential Provisions)
Order, 1964 16.9.1963
Swk. L.N. 82/92
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Written Law (Simplified
Publication) (Amendment of
Schedule) Order, 1992 1.1.1993
Cap. A85
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City of Kuching North
(Amendment) Ordinance, 2001 1.1.2001
(Swk. L.G.59/2001)
Cap. 61
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Interpretation Ordinance, 2005 1.7.2005
Cap. A139
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Interpretation (Amendment)
Ordinance, 2008 1.8.2008
[List of Amendments]
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LIST OF LAWS OR PARTS OF THEM SUPERSEDED
No.
Short Title
Ord. No. 21/53
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Written Law (Simplified Publication) Ordinance,
1953
Cap. 3 (1958 Revised
Edition)
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Written Law (Simplified Publication) Ordinance
Cap. 3 (1958 Revised
Edition) —
Reprint 1967
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Written Law (Simplified Publication) Ordinance