Powers of Commissioner

4. In the preparation of the revised edition the Commissioner shall have the following powers:-

(a) to omit-

(i) any Law or part thereof which has been repealed expressly or by necessary implication, or which has expired or has become spent or has had its effect;

(ii) any repealing enactment contained in any Law and any table and list of repealed enactments whether contained in a Schedule or otherwise;

(iii) any preamble to any Law where such omission can, in the opinion of the Commissioner, conveniently be made;

(iv) any introductory words of enactment in any Law or section of a Law;

(v) any enactment prescribing the date when a Law or part of a Law is to come into force where such omission can, in the opinion of the Commissioner, conveniently be made;

(vi) any amending Law or part thereof where the amendment effected by such Law or part thereof has been embodied by the Commissioner in the Law to which they relate or in any other Law;

(vii) any Appropriation Law and any Law or part of any Law so far as that Law effects any change in the title or designation of any person or office:

Provided that the provisions of section 10 of the Interpretation Law shall apply to such omissions in the same way as if the Law or enactments omitted had been repealed;

(b) to consolidate into one Law any two or more Laws or part thereof in pari materia making such alterations as are thereby necessary and affixing such date thereto as may seem most convenient;

(c) to alter-

(i) the order of sections in any Law and, in all cases where it may be necessary so do, to re-number the sections;

(ii) the form or arrangement of any section of any Law by transposing words, by combining it in whole or in part with another section or other sections or by dividing it into sub-sections;

(iii) the short or long title of any Law and to add a short title to any Law which may require it;

(iv) any marginal note or supply or omit such note;

(d) to divide Laws, whether consolidated or not, into parts of other divisions;

(e) to transfer any provision contained in a Law from that Law to any other Law to which it more properly belongs;

(f) to make such formal alterations as to names, offices, titles, currency, localities and otherwise, as may be necessary to bring any Law into conformity with conditions and circumstances obtaining or existing in Cyprus;

(g) to correct cross-references and grammatical and typographical mistakes in the existing copies of Laws and, for that purpose to make omissions, verbal additions, variations and alterations;

(h) to incorporate in any Law any amendment, addition or alteration made to any Schedule, Form or other part thereof by any authority under powers conferred by that Law;

(i) to make such alterations not touching the substance of any Law as may be considered necessary to bring such Law into conformity with the revised edition of the Laws;

(j) to make such adaptations of or amendments to any enactments as may appear necessary or proper as a consequence of the evolution of the Commonwealth of Nations or change in the constitution of any part of the Commonwealth of Nations;

(k) to supply a table of contents and index;

(l) to shorten and simplify the phraseology of any Law;

(m) to incorporate in any Law any amendment of any Schedule thereto lawfully made by subsidiary legislation;

(n) to do all things relating to form and method which may be necessary for the perfecting of the revised edition:

Provided that the powers conferred upon the Commissioner by this section shall not be taken to imply any power in him to make any alteration or amendment in the matter or substance of any Law or part thereof.