AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY

unclaimed moneys act 1950
This consolidation has been prepared by the ACT Parliamentary Counsel’s Office
Updated as at 30 April 1998
TABLE OF PROVISIONS
Section
Part I—Preliminary
	1.	Short title
	3.	Interpretation
	3A.	Delegation by the Treasurer
Part II—Unclaimed Assets in Hands of
Liquidators
	4.	Unclaimed assets in hands of liquidator
	5.	Payments to persons entitled
	5A.	Interpretation
Part III—Unclaimed Moneys
	6.	Application of Part
	7.	Register of unclaimed moneys to be kept
	8.	Gazettal etc. of register
	9.	Failure to compile, gazette or lodge register
	10.	Payment of unclaimed moneys
	11.	Failure to pay unclaimed moneys

	12.	Examination of accounts etc.
	13.	Payments of moneys to lawful claimant
	14.	Recovery of penalties
	15.	Part not to apply to certain unclaimed moneys
Part IV—Unclaimed superannuation benefits
	16.	Interpretation
	17.	Application of Part
	18.	Unclaimed money
	19.	Deeming age or gender
	20.	Statement of unclaimed money
	21.	Payment of unclaimed money to Minister
	22.	Discharge of trustee from liability
	23.	Payment to person entitled
	24.	Repayment of excess money
	25.	Register of money received
PART V—UNCLAIMED RSA MONEY
	26.	Interpretation
	27.	Application of Part
	28.	Statement of unclaimed RSA money
	29.	Payment of unclaimed RSA money to Minister
	30.	Discharge of RSA provider from liability
	31.	Payment to applicant
	32.	Repayment of excess amount
	33.	Register of unclaimed RSA money received
First Schedule
Register of moneys which became Unclaimed
 Moneys during the year
Second Schedule
Statutory Declaration

AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY

unclaimed moneys act 1950
An Act relating to unclaimed assets in the hands of liquidators of companies, unclaimed moneys held by companies, unclaimed superannuation benefits and unclaimed moneys held in retirement savings accounts
Part I—Preliminary
1. 	Short title
	This Act may be cited as the Unclaimed Moneys Act 1950.1
3. 	Interpretation
	In this Act, unless the contrary intention appears—
“company” means—
	(a)	a body corporate that is a company, a recognised company or a foreign company within the meaning of section 9 of the Corporations Law;
	(b)	a co-operative society registered under the Co-operative Societies Act 1939, and
	(c)	an association incorporated under the Associations Incorporation Act 1991;
“corresponding law” means a law of a State or another Territory declared by the Minister by notice in the Gazette, to be a law that corresponds with this Act;

“data processing device” means any article or material (including a disk) from which information is capable of being reproduced with or without the aid of any other article or device;
“half year” means a period of 6 months ending on 30 June or 31 December;
“registered office” has the same meaning as in the Corporations Law;
“trust account” means the trust bank account maintained by the Chief Executive of the administrative unit responsible for administering this Act in accordance with section 51 of the Financial Management Act 1996.
3A. 	Delegation by the Treasurer
(1) 	The Minister may, by instrument in writing, delegate to a public servant all or any of his or her powers or functions under this Act (except this power of delegation) either generally or otherwise as provided in the instrument of delegation.
(2) 	A power or function so delegated may be exercised or performed by the delegate in accordance with the instrument of delegation.
(3) 	A delegation under this section is revocable at will and does not prevent the exercise of a power, or the performance of a function, by the Minister.
Part II—Unclaimed Assets in Hands of Liquidators
4. 	Unclaimed assets in hands of liquidator
(1) 	A liquidator of a company who—
	(a)	has in his or her hands or under his or her control any amount (including a dividend) that has remained unclaimed for more than 6 months from the date when the amount became payable; or
	(b)	after making a final distribution, has in his or her hands or under his or her control any unclaimed or undistributed amount arising from the property of the company,
shall pay that amount to the Territory.
(2) 	The Supreme Court may, at any time, upon the application of the Registrar-General, by order, direct a liquidator to submit to the Court an account of any unclaimed or undistributed moneys or dividends in his or her hands.
(3) 	Where the Supreme Court makes an order under subsection (2), it may, by its order, give directions as to—
	(a)	the verification of the account;
	(b)	the auditing of the account; and
	(c)	the payment by the liquidator to the Territory of unclaimed or undistributed moneys or dividends.
(4) 	A liquidator who makes a payment to the Territory in accordance with subsection (1) or in accordance with an order under subsection (2) shall give to the Registrar-General particulars of—
	(a)	the amount so paid;
	(b)	the name of the company concerned; and
	(c)	the name of the person who appears, from the records of the company, to be entitled to the moneys to which the payment relates.
(5) 	Where a liquidator pays an amount to the Territory in accordance with subsection (1) or in accordance with an order made under subsection (2), the liquidator is discharged from liability to any person in respect of that amount.
5. 	Payments to persons entitled
(1) 	Any person claiming to be entitled to any money paid to the Territory under this Part may apply to the Supreme Court for an order for payment to him or her of any sum due to him or her, and the Court, if satisfied that the person claiming is entitled thereto, shall make an order for the payment accordingly.
(2) 	Upon the making of an order under subsection (1) for payment of any money to a person, or where he or she is otherwise satisfied that a person in entitled to any money paid to the Territory under this Part, the Minister shall pay an amount equal to that money to that person.
(3) 	The provisions of this section shall not, except as expressly declared in this Act, deprive any person of any other right or remedy to which he or she is entitled against the liquidator or any other person.
5A. 	Interpretation
	In this Part, “company” does not include a body corporate that is a company or a recognised company within the meaning of section 9 of the Corporations Law.
Part III—Unclaimed Moneys
6. 	Application of Part
(1) 	This Part applies in relation to moneys payable by a company—
	(a)	to a person in his or her capacity as a member of the company; or
	(b)	in respect of deposits with, or securities of, the company.
(2) 	For the purposes of this Part, moneys in relation to which this Part applies are unclaimed moneys if—
	(a)	a period of not less than 6 years has elapsed since the date on which the moneys became payable; and
	(b)	during that period, the company has not received from a person entitled to the moneys a request that the moneys be paid to him or her or according to his or her direction.
7. 	Register of unclaimed moneys to be kept
(1) 	Where, in the year which commenced on the first day of January next preceding the date of commencement of this Act or in any subsequent year, any moneys payable by a company have become unclaimed moneys, the company shall, on or before 31 January next following the end of that year, enter, in an alphabetical register kept, in respect of that year, by the company at its head or principal office in the Territory, in the form set out in the First Schedule to this Act, particulars of those unclaimed moneys.
(2) 	The company shall, on payment or tender of a fee of Twenty cents, permit any person to inspect, at that head or principal office during the hours within which the company transacts its ordinary business, all registers kept by the company under this section.
(3) 	Where, at any time, a company pays any moneys entered in any such register to the person entitled thereto, the company may delete from the register the entry relating to those moneys.
8. 	Gazettal etc. of register
	Where, in pursuance of subsection 7 (1), particulars of unclaimed moneys have been entered in register kept by a company in respect of a year, the company shall, not later than the last day of March in the next succeeding year—
	(a)	cause the particulars entered in the register in relation to each amount of unclaimed moneys exceeding $10 to be published in a daily newspaper published in the Territory;
	(b)	cause a copy of the register to be published in the Gazette; and
	(c)	lodge with the Registrar-General a copy of the register together with a copy of a statutory declaration in accordance with the form set out in the Second Schedule made by an officer of the company.
9. 	Failure to compile, gazette or lodge register
(1) 	A company shall not fail to comply with any of the provisions of section 7 or 8 of this Act.
Penalty:  100 penalty units.
(2) 	It is a defence to a prosecution for an offence arising out of a failure to comply with subsection (1) of section 7 that, in relation to the moneys in question, the defendant complied with a corresponding law, being a law that applied to, or in relation, to those moneys.
(3) 	It is a defence to a prosecution for an offence arising out of a failure to comply with section 8 that, in relation to the register in question, the defendant complied with a corresponding law, being a law that applied to, or in relation to, that register.
10. 	Payment of unclaimed moneys
(1) 	All unclaimed moneys which have been entered in a register in pursuance of section 7 of this Act and which have not been paid by the company to the person entitled thereto within 1 year after the publication of a copy of the entry in the Gazette shall be paid by the company to the Territory within 1 month after the end of that year.
(2) 	The company shall be relieved from all further liability in respect of the moneys so paid.
11. 	Failure to pay unclaimed moneys
(1) 	A company shall not fail to pay any moneys to the Territory as required by this Part.
Penalty:  100 penalty units.
(2) 	It is a defence to a prosecution for an offence against subsection (1) that, in relation to the moneys in question, the defendant complied with the requirements of a corresponding law, being a law that applied to, or in relation to, those moneys.
12. 	Examination of accounts etc.
(1) 	The Registrar-General, or a person authorised by it in writing for the purposes of this subsection may, at any time after lodgment of a copy of a register in pursuance of section 8, examine any of the accounts relating to the unclaimed moneys referred to in that register, and may for that purpose require the production to it or him or her, as the case requires, of any book, voucher or document referring to those moneys, and if any error is found in the register or copy, it may direct the register or copy, or both of them, to be amended.
(2) 	The Registrar-General may cause to be examined the books and accounts of a company not furnishing a return of unclaimed moneys.
(3) 	A person shall not refuse or fail to comply with a requirement made of him or her in or for the purpose of the exercise of the powers conferred by this section.

Penalty:
	(a)	if the offender is a natural person—50 penalty units;
	(b)	if the offender is a body corporate—250 penalty units.
13. 	Payments of moneys to lawful claimant
(1) 	A person who claims to be entitled to any moneys paid to the Territory in accordance with section 10 may apply to the Supreme Court for an order under this section.
(2) 	Where, on an application made under subsection (1), the Supreme Court is satisfied that the applicant is entitled to moneys paid to the Territory in accordance with section 10, the Court shall make an order declaring that the applicant is entitled to those moneys.
(3) 	Where—
	(a)	the Supreme Court makes an order under subsection (2) declaring a person to be entitled to moneys paid to the Territory in accordance with section 10; or
	(b)	the Minister is satisfied that a person is entitled to such moneys,
the Territory shall pay to that person an amount equal to the moneys to which he or she is entitled.
14. 	Recovery of penalties
	Offences against this Part shall be punishable upon summary conviction.
15. 	Part not to apply to certain unclaimed moneys
	This Part shall not apply to any unclaimed moneys which are required by any law of the Commonwealth or of the Territory to be dealt with in a manner other than that prescribed by this Act.
Part iv—unclaimed superannuation benefits
16.	Interpretation
	In this Part, unless the contrary intention appears—
“approved deposit fund” has the same meaning as in the Commonwealth Act;
“Commonwealth Act” means the Superannuation Industry (Supervision) Act 1993 of the Commonwealth;
“eligibility age” has the same meaning as in the Commonwealth Act;
“fund” means an approved deposit fund or a regulated superannuation fund to which this Part applies by virtue of section 17;
“regulated superannuation fund” has the same meaning as in the Commonwealth Act;
“unclaimed money” means money taken to be unclaimed money by virtue of subsections 18 (1) and (2).
17. 	Application of Part
(1) 	This Part applies to an approved deposit fund or regulated superannuation  fund if—
	(b)	the trustee of the fund is a corporation that has its registered office in the Territory;
	(c)	the trustee of the fund is a natural person and the principal place the trustee carries on business as trustee is in the Territory;
	(d)	in the case of an exempt public sector superannuation scheme—the principal place where the fund is administered is in the Territory; or
	(e)	where there is more than 1 trustee of the fund and paragraph (b) or (c) applies to at least 1 of the trustees—the principal place where the fund is administered is in the Territory.
(2) 	In subsection (1)—
“corporation” has the same meaning as in the Corporations Law;
“exempt public sector superannuation scheme” has the same meaning as in the Commonwealth Act.
18. 	Unclaimed money
(1) 	If—
	(a)	a member of a fund has reached the eligibility age for an age pension;
	(b)	the trustee determines that, under the governing rules of the fund, a benefit (other than a pension or annuity) is immediately payable in respect of the member;
	(c)	the member has not applied to the trustee to have the amount of his or her benefits in the fund paid to him or her; and
	(d)	the trustee is unable to pay those benefits to the member because the trustee, after making reasonable efforts to find the member, is unable to do so;
any amount payable to the member shall be taken to be unclaimed money.
(2) 	If—
	(a)	a member of a fund has died;
	(b)	the trustee determines that, under the governing rules of the fund, a benefit (other than a pension or annuity) is immediately payable in respect of the member;
	(c)	the member had not applied to have the amount of his or her benefits in the fund paid to him or her or has died after making such an application; and
	(d)	the trustee is unable to pay those benefits in respect of the member because the trustee, after making reasonable efforts, is unable to find a person to whom the trustee is required to pay those benefits;
any amount payable to the beneficiary shall be taken to be unclaimed money.
(3) 	If—
	(a)	paragraphs (1) (a), (b) and (c); or
	(b)	paragraphs (2) (a), (b) and (c);
are satisfied in relation to a member, the trustee shall make reasonable efforts to find the member or beneficiary (as the case requires) and pay the benefits to him or her.
(4) 	In this section—
“beneficiary” means a person to whom a trustee is required to pay benefits referred to in paragraph (2) (d).
19. 	Deeming age or gender
(1) 	If the age of a member is unknown, for the purposes of section 18, the member shall be taken to have been 18 years of age at the time when his or her first contribution to the fund was made.
(2) 	If the gender of a member is unknown, for the purposes of section 18 the member shall be taken to be the gender for which the eligibility age is higher.
20. 	Statement of unclaimed money
(1) 	The trustee of a fund shall give to the Minister a statement in the form approved by the Minister of—
	(a)	all unclaimed money in the fund as at the end of each half year starting with the half year ending on 30 June 1997; and
	(b)	particulars relating to the payment of any unclaimed money  referred to in paragraph (a) that the trustee pays to a person who is entitled to it between the end of the relevant half year and the day on which the statement is given to the Minister.
(2) 	A statement under subsection (1) shall be given to the Minister on or before—
	(a)	in relation to a half year ending on 30 June in a calendar year—31 October in that calendar year; and
	(b)	in relation to a half year ending on 31 December in a calendar year—30 April in the following calendar year.
(3) 	Notwithstanding subsection (2), on application by a trustee made before, on or after the day on which a statement under subsection (1) is to be given to the Minister (in this subsection called the “relevant day”), the statement may be given to the Minister on or before such day (being later than the relevant day) as the Minister determines  in writing.
(4) 	An approval by the Minister of a form of statement for the purposes of subsection (1) may require or permit the statement to be given on a specified kind of data processing device in accordance with specified software requirements.
(5) 	The trustee of a fund shall not contravene subsection (1) or (2).
Penalty for contravention of subsection (5):
	(a)	if the offender is a natural person—20 penalty units;
	(b)	if the offender is a body corporate—100 penalty units.
21. 	Payment of unclaimed money to Minister
(1) 	Where a trustee gives the Minister a statement under subsection 20 (1), the trustee shall pay to the Minister an amount equal to the amount referred to in the statement in accordance with paragraph 20 (1) (a) less any amount referred to in the statement in accordance with paragraph 20 (1) (b).
Penalty:
	(a)	if the offender is a natural person—20 penalty units;
	(b)	if the offender is a body corporate—100 penalty units.
(2) 	The Minister shall pay any amount paid to him or her under subsection (1) into the trust account. 
22. 	Discharge of trustee from liability
	On payment to the Minister of an amount as required by this Part, the trustee of a fund is discharged from further liability in his or her capacity as trustee in relation to that amount.
23. 	Payment to person entitled
(1) 	If—
	(a)	any unclaimed money has been paid to the Minister under this Part; and
	(b)	on application, the Minister is satisfied that, but for this Part and section 225 of the Commonwealth Act, the applicant would have been paid that unclaimed money by the trustee of a fund by whom it was paid to the Minister;
the Minister shall pay that unclaimed money to the applicant.
(2) 	An application under paragraph (1) (b) shall be in a form approved by the Minister.
24. 	Repayment of excess money
	If the trustee of a fund, after paying an amount to the Minister under this Part, satisfies the Minister that the amount so paid exceeds the amount that would have been paid to the relevant person, the Minister shall refund to the trustee the amount of the excess.
25. 	Register of money received
	The Minister shall keep a register that contains particulars of—
	(a)	any unclaimed money paid to him or her by the trustee of a fund under this Part; and
	(b)	the member of the fund in respect of whom the unclaimed money was payable.
Part V—unclaimed RSA money
26.  	Interpretation
	In this Part, unless the contrary intention appears—
“Commonwealth Act” means the Retirement Savings Accounts Act 1997 of the Commonwealth;
“holder” has the same meaning as in the Commonwealth Act;
“RSA” has the same meaning as in the Commonwealth Act;
“RSA provider” has the same meaning as in the Commonwealth Act;
“unclaimed RSA money” means an amount that, under Part 8 of the Commonwealth Act, as modified for the time being under Part 15 of that Act, is taken to be unclaimed money.
27.  	Application of Part
	This Part applies to an RSA provider that has its registered office in the Territory.
28.  	Statement of unclaimed RSA money
(1)  	An RSA provider shall give to the Minister a statement in the form approved by the Minister of—
	(a)	all unclaimed RSA money held in RSAs provided by the RSA provider as at the end of each half year starting with the half year ending on 30 June 1998; and
	(b)	particulars relating to the payment of any unclaimed RSA money referred to in paragraph (a) that the RSA provider pays to a person who is entitled to it between the end of the relevant half year and the day on which the statement is given to the Minister.
(2)  	A statement under subsection (1) shall be given to the Minister on or before—
	(a)	in relation to a half year ending on 30 June in a calendar year—31 October in that calendar year; and
	(b)	in relation to a half year ending on 31 December in a calendar year—30 April in the following calendar year. 
(3)  	Notwithstanding subsection (2), on application by an RSA provider made before, on or after the day on which a statement under subsection (1) is to be given to the Minister (in this subsection called the ‘relevant day’), the statement may be given to the Minister on or before such day (being later than the relevant day) as the Minister determines in writing.
(4)  	An approval by the Minister of a form of statement for the purposes of subsection (1) may require or permit the statement to be given on a specified kind of data processing device in accordance with specified software requirements.
(5)  	An RSA provider shall not contravene subsection (1) or (2).
Penalty for contravention of subsection (5):
	(a)	if the offender is a natural person—20 penalty units;
	(b)	if the offender is a body corporate—100 penalty units.
29.  	Payment of unclaimed RSA money to Minister
(1)  	Where an RSA provider gives the Minister a statement under subsection 28 (1), the RSA provider shall pay to the Minister an amount equal to the amount referred to in the statement in accordance with paragraph 28 (1) (a) less any amount referred to in the statement in accordance with paragraph 28 (1) (b).
Penalty:
	(a)	if the offender is a natural person—20 penalty units;
	(b)	if the offender is a body corporate—100 penalty units.
(2)  	The Minister shall pay any amount paid to him or her under subsection (1) into the trust account.
30.  	Discharge of RSA provider from liability
	On payment to the Minister of an amount as required by this Part, an RSA provider is discharged from further liability in respect of that amount.
31.  	Payment to applicant
(1)  	If—
	(a)	any unclaimed RSA money has been paid to the Minister under this Part; and
	(b)	on application, the Minister is satisfied that, but for this Part and Part 8 of the Commonwealth Act, the applicant would have been paid that unclaimed RSA money by the RSA provider by whom it was paid to the Minister;
the Minister shall pay that unclaimed RSA money to the applicant.
(2)  	An application under paragraph (1) (b) shall be in the form approved by the Minister.
32.  	Repayment of excess amount
	If an RSA provider, after paying an amount to the Minister under this Part, satisfies the Minister that the amount so paid exceeds the amount that would have been paid to the person concerned, the Minister shall refund to the RSA provider the amount of the excess.
33.  	Register of unclaimed RSA money received
	The Minister shall keep a register that contains particulars of—
	(a)	any unclaimed RSA money paid to him or her by an RSA provider under this Part; and
	(b)	particulars of the holder of each RSA in respect of which there is unclaimed RSA money.

The Schedules
	First Schedule	Section 7
	Company
	Register of moneys which became unclaimed moneys during the year 19   .

Name of Owner on Books	Total Amount Due
to Owner	Description of
Unclaimed Moneys	
Date of Last Claim	

				

	Second Schedule	Section 8
Australian Capital Territory
Unclaimed Moneys Act 1950
Statutory Declaration
I, (insert name, address, and occupation), do solemnly and sincerely declare—
(1)	That I am an officer of (insert name of company).
(2)	That, in accordance with the provisions of the Unclaimed Moneys Act 1950, the company has duly entered all moneys which became unclaimed moneys within the meaning of the Act during the year 19         in a register kept by the company at its head or principal office in the Australian Capital Territory.
(3)	That the register correctly and completely sets forth the particulars of all such unclaimed moneys.
(4)	That the accompanying copy of the register is a true copy.
And I make this solemn declaration by virtue of the Statutory Declarations Act 1959 of the Commonwealth conscientiously believing the statements contained therein to be true in every particular.

NOTES
1.	The Unclaimed Moneys Act 1950 as shown in this reprint comprises Act No. 15, 1950 amended as indicated in the Tables below.
	Citation of Laws—The Self-Government (Citation of Laws) Act 1989  (No. 21, 1989) altered the citation of most Ordinances so that after Self-Government day they are to be cited as Acts.  That Act also affects references in ACT laws to Commonwealth Acts.
2.	The Legislation (Republication) Act 1996 (No. 51, 1996) authorises the Parliamentary Counsel in preparing a law for republication, to make certain editorial and other formal amendments in accordance with current legislative drafting practice.  Those amendments make no change in the law.  Amendments made pursuant to that Act do not appear in the Table of Amendments but details may be obtained on request from the Parliamentary Counsel’s Office.
Table 1
Table of Ordinances
Ordinance	Number  
and year	Date of 
notification 
in Gazette	Date of 
commencement	Application, saving or transitional provisions	

Companies (Unclaimed Assets and Moneys) Ordinance 1950	15, 1950	21 Dec 1950	21 Dec 1950		
Companies Ordinance 1954	14, 1954	20 Aug 1954	1 Oct 1954	—	
Companies Ordinance 1962	7, 1962	21 June 1962	1 July 1962	—	
Ordinances Revision (Decimal Currency) Ordinance 1966	19, 1966	23 Dec 1966	23 Dec 1966	—	
	as
amended
by
36, 1967	30 Nov 1967	23 Dec 1966	—	
Unclaimed Moneys Ordinance 1974	18, 1974	30 Apr 1974	30 Apr 1974	—	
Unclaimed Moneys Ordinance (No. 2) 1974	57, 1974	31 Dec 1974	31 Dec 1974	—	
Unclaimed Moneys (Amendment) Ordinance 1976	64, 1976	7 Dec 1976	7 Dec 1976	—	
Ordinances Revision Ordinance 1977	65, 1977	22 Dec 1977	22 Dec 1977	—	
Unclaimed Moneys (Amendment) Ordinance 1978	49, 1978	28 Dec 1978	28 Dec 1978	—	
Ordinances Revision (Companies Amendments) Ordinance 1982	38, 1982	30 June 1982	1 July 1982	—	
Unclaimed Moneys (Amendment) Ordinance 1982	51, 1982	9 July 1982	9 July 1982	—	
Unclaimed Moneys (Amendment) Ordinance 1984	57, 1984	26 Oct 1984	26 Oct 1984	—	
Administrative Arrangements (Consequential Amendments) Ordinance 1988	17, 1988	22 Apr 1988	22 Apr 1988	—	
Self-Government (Consequential Amendments) Ordinance 1989	38, 1989	10 May 1989	Ss. 1 and 2:  10 May 1989
Remainder:  11 May 1989 (see s. 2 (2) and Gazette 1989, No. S164)	—	
Self-Government day 11 May 1989
Table 2
Table of Acts
Act	Number  
and year	Date of 
notification 
in Gazette	Date of 
commencement	Application, saving or transitional provisions	

Unclaimed Moneys (Amendment) Act 1990	28, 1990	24 Aug 1990	Ss. 1-3:  24 Aug 1990
Remainder:  3 Sept 1990	S. 7	
(Reprinted as at 31 May 1991)	
Registrar-General (Consequential Provisions) Act 1993	64, 1993	6 Sept 1993	Ss. 1 and 2:  6 Sept 1993
Remainder:  1 Oct 1993 (see 
s. 2 (2) and Gazette 1993, No. S207)	Part III 
(ss. 6-13)	
Statute Law Revision Act 1995	46, 1995	18 Dec 1995	18 Dec 1995	—	
Unclaimed Moneys (Amendment) Act 1997	34, 1997	30 June 1997	30 June 1997	—	
(Reprinted as at 30 June 1997)	
Unclaimed Moneys Act 1998	1, 1998	30 Apr 1998	Ss. 9 and 10:  30 June 1997
Remainder:  30 Apr 1998
	—	

Table of Amendments
ad. = added or inserted      am. = amended     rep. = repealed      rs. = repealed and substituted

Provision	How affected

Title	rs. Act No. 1, 1998
S. 1	am. No. 18, 1974
S. 2	rep. No. 65, 1977
S. 3	am. No. 14, 1954
	rs.  No. 7, 1962; No. 18, 1974
	am. Nos. 38 and 51, 1982; No. 57, 1984; No. 17, 1988; Act No. 28, 1990; No. 64, 1993; No. 46, 1995; No. 1, 1998
Ss. 3AA, 3AB	ad. Act No. 28, 1990
	rep. No. 64, 1993
S. 3A	ad. No. 18, 1974
	am. No. 57, 1974; No. 51, 1982; No. 17, 1988; No. 38, 1989
S. 4	rs. No. 18, 1974
	am. No. 64, 1976; No. 49, 1978; Nos. 38 and 51, 1982; No. 57, 1984; No. 38, 1989; Act No. 28, 1990; No. 64, 1993
S. 5	am. No. 18, 1974; No. 51, 1982;  No. 57, 1984; No. 17, 1988; No. 38, 1989
S. 5A	ad.  No. 38, 1982
	am. Act No. 46, 1995
S. 6	rs. No. 18, 1974
S. 7	am. No. 19, 1966 (as am. by No. 36, 1967)
S. 8	am. No. 51, 1982
	rs. No. 57, 1984
	am. Act No. 28, 1990; No. 64, 1993
S. 9	am. No. 19, 1966 (as am. by No. 36, 1967); No. 18, 1974; No. 57, 1984; Act No. 1, 1998
S. 10	am. No. 18, 1974;  No. 57, 1984; No. 38, 1989
S. 11	am. No. 19, 1966;  No. 18, 1974; No. 57, 1984; No. 38, 1989; Act 
No. 1, 1998
S. 12	am. No. 19, 1966;  No. 51, 1982; No. 57, 1984;  Act No. 28, 1990; No. 64, 1993; No. 1, 1998
S. 13	rs. No. 18, 1974
	am. No. 51, 1982; No. 57, 1984; No. 17, 1988; No. 38, 1989
Part IV (ss. 16-25) 	ad. Act No. 34, 1997
Ss. 16, 17	ad.  Act No. 34, 1997
	am. No. 1, 1998
Ss. 18-20	ad.  Act No. 34, 1997
S. 21	ad.  Act No. 34, 1997
	am. No. 1, 1998
Ss. 22-25	ad.  Act No. 34, 1997
Part V (ss. 26-33)	ad. Act No. 1, 1998
Ss. 26-33	ad. Act No. 1, 1998
First Schedule	am. No. 18, 1974
Second Schedule	am. No. 18, 1974; No. 57, 1984