Law

The following Reports are presently available and have been published in the Gazette:

  1. 1996 Report of the Law Commission
  2. The Technical Review of the Constitution Commission Report
  3. Criminal Justice Reform Commission Report on the Penal Code
  4. Criminal Justice Reform Commission Report on Bail Guidelines

The Malawi Constitution

  CHAPTER I     THE REPUBLIC OF MALAWI
  CHAPTER II    APPLICATION AND INTERPRETATION
  CHAPTER III   FUNDAMENTAL PRINCIPLES
  CHAPTER IV   HUMAN RIGHTS
  CHAPTER V    CITIZENSHIP
  CHAPTER VI   THE LEGISLATURE 
  CHAPTER VII  ELECTIONS
  CHAPTER VIII THE EXECUTIVE
  CHAPTER IX    THE JUDICATURE
  CHAPTER X     THE OMBUDSMAN
  CHAPTER XI    HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION
  CHAPTER XII   LAW COMMISSION
  CHAPTER XIII     NATIONAL COMPENSATION FUND
  CHAPTER XIV     LOCAL GOVERNMENT
  CHAPTER XV      THE POLICE
  CHAPTER XVI     THE DEFENCE FORCES
  CHAPTER XVII    PRISONS
  CHAPTER XVIII   FINANCE
  CHAPTER XIX     THE RESERVE BANK OF MALAWI
  CHAPTER XX       CIVIL SERVICE
  CHAPTER XXI     AMENDMENT OF THIS CONSTITUTION
  CHAPTER XXII    TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS
  CHAPTER XXIII   MISCELLANEOUS
 Schedule

WHERE ARE WE LOCATED?

    The Law Commission can be reached at the following address:

    GOWA HOUSE
    PRIVATE BAG 373, 
    LILONGWE 3
    MALAWI.