MALAWI NATIONAL COUNCIL OF SPORTS

CHAPTER 30:05
MALAWI NATIONAL COUNCIL OF SPORTS

ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS

    SECTION

PART I
PRELIMINARY

    1.    Short title

    2.    Interpretation

PART II
ESTABLISHMENT OF THE MALAWI NATIONAL COUNCIL OF SPORTS, ITS FUNCTIONS AND POWERS, FUNDS AND ACCOUNTS, ETC.

    3.    Establishment of the Malawi National Council of Sports

    4.    Composition of the Council

    5.    Tenure of Office of members of the Council

    6.    Appointment of temporary Chairman or members

    7.    The Council may co-opt persons to attend meetings

    8.    Members’ allowances, etc.

    9.    Meetings of the Council

    10.    Non-liability of members

    11.    Pecuniary interest of members

    12.    Functions of the Council

    13.    Powers of the Council

    14.    Committees of the Council

    15.    Funds of the Council

    16.    Investment of moneys by the Council

    17.    Compliance with the provisions of the Finance and Audit Act

    18.    Books, accounts and auditing

PART III
REGISTRATION OF NATIONAL SPORTS ASSOCIATIONS, ETC.

    19.    Registration of National Sports Associations

    20.    Striking off Register

    21.    Penalties

PART IV
TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS, REGULATION-MAKING POWER, ETC.

    22.    Regulation-Making powers

        Schedule

10 of 1974
8 of 1980
16 of 1983

    An Act to provide for the establishment of a body corporate to be known as the Malawi National Council of Sports; to provide for the functions and powers of such body; to provide for the registration of national sports associations; and for matters incidental to, or connected with, the foregoing

PART I
PRELIMINARY

1.    Short title

    This Act may be cited as the Malawi National Council of Sports Act.

2.    Interpretation

    In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires—

    ‘‘Chairman’’ means the Chairman of the Council appointed and designated pursuant to section 4;

    ‘‘Council’’ means the Malawi National Council of Sports established by section 3;

    ‘‘financial year’’ means the period commencing on the date of the commencement of this Act and ending on the 31st of March next following such date and thereafter means the period of twelve months ending on the 31st of March in each year;

    ‘‘Former Council’’ means the Council known as the Advisory Council for Sports functioning in Malawi immediately before the coming into operation of this Act;

    ‘‘member’’ means any member of the Council appointed pursuant to section 4;

    ‘‘national sports association’’ means any group or body of persons, corporate or unincorporate, formed or operating in Malawi and having as one of its objects the promotion on a national basis of any sport whether amateur or professional;

    ‘‘Register’’ means the Register of National Sports Associations provided for in section 19; and ‘‘register’’ and ‘‘registered’’ bear corresponding meanings;

    ‘‘registered association’’ means a national sports association for the time being registered in the Register pursuant to section 19;

    ‘‘Secretary’’ means such officer in the public service as the Minister shall designate as Secretary to the Council;

    ‘‘sport’’ means any sport, game or pastime designated by the Minister, by notice published in the Gazette, to be a sport for the purpose of this Act.

PART II
ESTABLISHMENT OF THE MALAWI NATIONAL COUNCIL OF SPORTS, ITS FUNCTIONS AND POWERS, FUNDS AND ACCOUNTS, ETC.

3.    Establishment of the Malawi National Council of Sports

    There is hereby established a body corporate to be known as the Malawi National Council of Sports, which shall be a body corporate by that name with perpetual succession and a common seal (with power to alter and change such seal from time to time) and which shall be capable in law of suing and being sued, and, subject to this Act, of acquiring, holding, letting and otherwise disposing of land, and doing and performing such acts and things as bodies corporate may by law do and perform.

4.    Composition of the Council

    (1) The Council shall consist of not less than eight and not more than ten members, who shall be appointed by the Minister by notice published in the Gazette.

    (2) The Minister shall designate one member as Chairman of the Council and another member as Deputy Chairman thereof.

    (3) Members of the Council shall not, by virtue only of their appointments to the Council, be deemed to be officers in the public service.

    (4) No person shall be appointed to the Council who—

    (a)    is an undischarged bankrupt;

    (b)    has, within three years last past, for an offence against any written law, been sentenced to a term of imprisonment of not less than six months, save as an alternative to, or in default of, the payment of a fine;

    (c)    has, within seven years last past, been convicted of an offence involving fraud or dishonesty.

    (5) The names of all members of the Council as first constituted and every change…