European Convention Act (Cap. 319)
European Convention Act (Cap. 319), article 3
3. (1) The Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms shall
be, and be enforceable as, part of the Law of Malta.
(2) Where any ordinary law is inconsistent with the Human
Rights and Fundamental Freedoms, the said Human Rights and
Fundamental Freedoms shall prevail, and such ordinary law, shal l,
to the extent of the inconsistency, be void.
(3) The Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms shall be
enforceable subject to the Declaration and Reservations made by
the Government of Malta on the signing of the Convention on the
12th day of December, 1966, which Declaration and Reservations
are reproduced in the Second Schedule to this Act.
(4) The Constitutional Court shall in addition to the
jurisdiction conferred on it by article 95 of the Constitution, have
jurisdiction to hear and determine all appeals under this Act a nd
exercise all such powers as are conferred on it by this Act.
2 CAP. 319.] EUROPEAN CONVENTION
Procedure for
enforcement of
Human Rights and
Fundamental
Freedoms.
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