LAW REVISION LAW (1999 Revision)

CAYMAN ISLANDS LAW REVISION LAW (1999 Revision) Supplement No. 4 published with Gazette No. 13 of 21st June, 1999. PUBLISHING DETAILS Revised under the authority of the Law Revision Law (1999 Revision). Originally enacted- Law 19 of 1975-3rd September, 1975. Revised this 1st day of June, 1999. Page 2 Revised as at 1st day of June, 1999 c Law Revision Law (1999 Revision) Arrangement of Sections CAYMAN ISLANDS LAW REVISION LAW (1999 Revision) Arrangement of Sections Section Page 1. Short title ...................................................................................................................................5 2. Definitions ..................................................................................................................................5 3. Governor may authorise republication of laws in revised form ....................................................5 4. Powers of Governor ...................................................................................................................5 c Revised as at 1st day of June, 1999 Page 3 Law Revision Law (1999 Revision) Section 1 CAYMAN ISLANDS LAW REVISION LAW (1999 Revision) ENACTED by the Legislature of the Cayman Islands. 1. Short title 1. This Law may be cited as the Law Revision Law (1999 Revision). 2. Definitions 2. In this Law — “Governor” means Governor in Council; and “law” includes regulations and Rules of Court. 3. Governor may authorise republication of laws in revised form 3. The Governor may authorise the republication of any existing law in amended or revised form as hereinafter provided and such law shall in its revised form be, for all purposes, the only proper version of such law in the Islands: Provided that nothing in this section shall be taken to imply any power to make any alteration or amendment in any matter of substance of any law or part thereof. 4. Powers of Governor 4. In authorising the republication of any law in revised form the Governor may permit — (a) the omission of — c Revised as at 1st day of June, 1999 Page 5 Section 4 Law Revision Law (i) all parts of such laws as have expired, become spent or had their effect; (ii) any preambles and long titles where such omission can, in the opinion of the Governor, be made conveniently; (iii) words of enactment; and (iv) enactments prescribing the date when or the manner in which any law or part of a law is to come into operation; (b) the consolidation into one law of any two or more laws in pari materia, making the alterations thereby rendered necessary in the consolidated law, and affixing, if necessary, such date as may be convenient; (c) alteration of the order of sections in any law and, in all cases where it may be necessary to do so, the renumbering of the sections; (d) alteration of the form or arrangement of any section of any law by transferring words, by combining it in whole or in part with another section or other sections, or by dividing it into two or more subsections; (e) division of any law, whether consolidated or not, into parts or other divisions and to give each such part or division a suitable heading; (f) the addition of a short title to any law which may require it and, if necessary, to alter the short title to any law; and to alter and amend the title of any law so as to bring such title into conformity with the consolidated laws appearing under such title; (g) the shortening and simplification of the phraseology of any enactment; (h) the correction of grammatical and typographical errors in any laws, and for the purpose to make verbal additions, omissions or alterations not affecting the meaning of such law; (i) the making of such adaptations of or amendments to any enactments as may appear to be necessary or proper as a consequence of any change in the constitution of any of Her Majesty’s dominions; (j) the making of such formal alterations as to names, localities, offices and otherwise as may be necessary to bring any law into conformity with the circumstances of the Islands; (k) the addition or alteration of marginal notes to the sections of any law, so, however, that marginal notes shall not be regarded or construed as being part of any law; and (l) all things relating to form and method which may be necessary for the perfecting of any revised law. Page 6 Revised as at 1st day of June, 1999 c Law Revision Law (1999 Revision) Section 4 Publication in revised form authorised by the Governor in Council this 1st day of June, 1999. Carmena H. Parsons Clerk of Executive Council c Revised as at 1st day of June, 1999 Page 7