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CH.3 – 8] LAW REFORM AND REVISION Limitation of Commission’s powers. (e) to alter the form or arrangements of any schedule to any Act, either by combining it in whole or in part with another schedule or other schedules, or by dividing it into two or more schedules or parts of a schedule, or by transposing words; (f) to alter the form or arrangement of any Act by setting out any section or part of a section as a schedule to that Act or by transferring any section or part to an existing schedule to that Act, and to number new schedules; (g) to divide any Act, whether consolidated or not, into parts and other divisions and to give to each such part or division a suitable heading; (h) to transfer any provision contained in any Act from that Act to any other Act to which it more properly belongs; (i) to add a short title to any Act which may require it, and, if necessary, to alter the short title of any Act; (j) to supply or alter marginal notes, headings or subheadings to sections of any Act; (k) to correct cross-references; (l) to shorten or simplify the phraseology of any Act; (m) to correct grammatical and typographical errors in the existing copies of Acts, and for that purpose to make verbal additions or alterations not affecting the meaning of any Act; (n) to make such adaptations of or amendments to any Act as appear to be necessary or proper as a consequence of any change in the constitution of any Commonwealth country or the composition of the Commonwealth; (o) to make such formal alterations as to names, localities, offices, titles and ranks and otherwise as may be necessary to bring any Act into conformity with the circumstances of The Bahamas; (p) to do all things relating to form and method which may be necessary for the perfecting of a revised edition. 8. (1) Save as otherwise provided, nothing in this part shall be taken to imply any power in the Commission STATUTE LAW OF THE BAHAMAS LRO 1/2008
LAW REFORM AND REVISION [CH.3 – 9 to make any alteration or amendment in the matter or substance of any Act. (2) If the Commission considers it desirable in the preparation of a revised edition of the statute law that there should be omissions, amendments or additions other than those authorised by section 7, the same may be collected and submitted to Parliament in the form of one or more Bills. 9. It shall not be necessary for the Commission to include in a revised edition of the statute law — (a) any Acts which the Minister may by Order specify; 1 (b) any Act containing only special provision in relation to the pension of any person named therein: Provided that the said Acts shall remain in force until the same shall have been repealed or shall have expired or become spent or had their effect. 10. (1) A revised edition of the statute law shall be printed in one or more volumes or in such other form as the Commission may determine, which shall, subject to the provisions of this Part, contain — (a) the Constitution of The Bahamas; (b) all Acts of The Bahamas (except such Acts as the Commission has power to omit under the authority of this Part); (c) such Acts of the United Kingdom applying to The Bahamas as the Commission deems appropriate to include. (2) Subject to the other provisions of this Part, each Act shall form a separate chapter and chapters shall be numbered consecutively and arranged under such titles as the Commission may determine. (3) The number and year of the principal Act and of any amending Acts shall be set out in the margin at the commencement of each chapter. (4) The date on which the principal Act came into force shall be set out immediately below the title of the Act and, in the case of Acts of a limited duration, the date on which the Act is due to expire, unless it is renewed. Acts or parts of Acts may be omitted and shall continue in force. Contents of a revised edition of the statute law. 1 By S.I. 20/2003 the Acts to be omitted from the 2000 Revised Edition of the Statute Law, updated to 2 nd April 2002, were specified. LRO 1/2008 STATUTE LAW OF THE BAHAMAS
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