European Convention Act (Cap. 319)

European Convention Act (Cap. 319), article 3

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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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