Bulletin-2017
An Act to provide for the right of access to information in the custody of public bodies and relevant private bodies; the processes and procedures related to obtaining that information; and to provide for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto.
Date of Commencement: On Notice.
An Act to provide for the designation of the Greenbelt area; for the establishment of the Greenbelt Authority and matters connected therewith and incidental thereto.
Date of Commencement: On Notice.
An Act to provide for civil aviation matters and give effect to the Chicago Convention and related conventions; to provide for the establishment of the Civil Aviation Authority in order to ensure the control, regulation and orderly development of civil aviation in Malawi; to foster safe, sustainable development and security of civil aviation; and to provide for matters incidental thereto.
Date of Commencement: On Notice.
An Act to authorise Government to borrow from the African Development Fund sums of money in various convertible currencies not exceeding in the aggregate the equivalent of sixteen million Units of Account (UA16,000,000).
Date of Commencement: 11th January, 2017.
An Act to authorise Government to borrow from the Export and Import Bank of China sums of money in various convertible currencies not exceeding in the aggregate the equivalent of one hundred and sixty million Renminbi (160,000,000).
Date of Commencement: 11th January, 2017.
An Act to authorise the Government to receive from the International Development Association sums of money in various currencies not exceeding in the aggregate the equivalent of seventy four million, six hundred thousand Special Drawing Rights (SDR 74,600,000).
Date of Commencement: 11th January, 2017.
An Act to authorise the Government to borrow from the International Development Association sums of money in various currencies not exceeding in the aggregate the equivalent of fifty million, two hundred thousand Special Drawing Rights (SDR 50,200,000).
Date of Commencement: 11th January, 2017.
An Act to amend the National Parks and Wildlife Act.
Date of Commencement: 27th January, 2017.
Amends: ss 2, 23, 24, 33, 35, 43A, 44, 45, 54A, 75, 82, 86, 87, 95 and 99.
Inserts: ss 110A and 110B.
Subs: ss 54, 97, 107, 108, 109, 110 and 111.
An Act to establish an independent and autonomous Financial Intelligence Authority; to better prevent, investigate and combat financial and related or consequential crimes; to enable the tracing, identification, tracking, freezing, seizure or confiscation of proceeds of crimes; and to provide for connected and incidental matters.
Date of Commencement: 17th February, 2017.
An Act to amend the Constitution.
Amends: ss 22 and 23.
See: Constitution.
Date of Commencement: 7th April, 2017.
An Act to amend the Appropriation Act, 2016.
Subs: sch.
Date of Commencement: 7th April, 2017.
An Act to provide for the establishment of the National Planning Commission and matters connected therewith and incidental thereto.
Date of Commencement: 2nd May, 2017.
An Act to amend the Taxation Act.
Date of Commencement: 1st July, 2017.
Amends: ss 84C, 105 and Fourteenth Schedule.
Subs: ss 112, 115, 116, 116A, 116B, 117, 127A and Eleventh Schedule.
See: Taxation Act.
An Act to amend the Value Added Tax Act.
Date of Commencement: 1st July, 2017.
Amends: s 34 and First Schedule.
Subs: ss 38.
An Act to appropriate the additional sum of four billion, five hundred and thirty-five million, nine hundred fifteen thousand, eight hundred and sixty-five Kwacha to the services of the financial year ending 30th June, 2017.
Date of Commencement: 25th July, 2017.
An Act to amend the Forestry Act.
Amends: ss 2, 26, 30 and 32.
See: Forestry Act.
Date of Commencement: 1st September, 2017.
An Act to amend the Malawi Housing Corporation Act.
Date of Commencement: 1st September, 2017.
Subs: s 12.
An Act to amend the Public Roads Act.
Date of Commencement: 1st September, 2017.
Amends: ss 2, 3, 4, 5, 5A, 10, 11, 12, 24, 25, 26, 28, 29, 44, 45, 46, 47, 51 and 53.
Repeals: s 50.
Subs: ss 48 and 49.
See: Public Roads Act.
An Act to amend the Lands Acquisition Act.
Date of Commencement: 1st September, 2017.
Amends: ss 1, 2, Part III (title), 16 and 17.
Inserts: Part IIA (title) and s 10A.
Repeals: ss 13 and 14
Subs: long title, ss 3, 4, 9, 10 and 12.
An Act to amend the Local Government Act.
Date of Commencement: 1st September, 2017.
Amends: ss 2, 15, 34, 62, 63, 66, 68, 73, 75, 76, 79 and 83.
Inserts: ss 78A, 78B and 78C.
Repeals: s 36.
Subs: ss 35, 61, 67 and 84.
An Act to provide for the establishment of the Public Procurement and Disposal of Assets Authority; to provide for its functions and powers; to maximise economy and efficiency in public procurement and disposal of public assets; to provide for, and regulate, a decentralised institutional structure for the public procurement and disposal of public assets; and to provide for matters connected with or incidental thereto.
Date of Commencement: 21st December, 2017.