LN 164 of 2018: Coming into force of Article 2(a) of Act I of 2018, that is –
2 (a) Immediately after article 35 of the Code there shall be substituted the following new article:
- (1) The Civil Court, First Hall and the Civil Court (Family Section) shall be competent to hear cases in Malta and Gozo.
(2) The Civil Court, First Hall and the Civil Court (Family Section) shall hold sittings both in Malta and in Gozo.
(3) When the Civil Court, First Hall and the Civil Court (Family Section) hold sittings in Malta, they shall take cognizance of all claims against persons residing or having their ordinary abode in the Island of Malta, and of all other causes expressly assigned by law to such sections of the Civil Court.
(4) When the Civil Court, First Hall and the Civil Court (Family Section) hold sittings in Gozo, they shall take cognizance of all claims against persons residing or having their ordinary abode in the Islands of Gozo and Comino, and of all other causes expressly assigned by law to such sections of the Civil Court.
(5) The rules set out in this Code concerning the privilegium fori and the exceptions thereto shall apply also between the Civil Court, First Hall and the Civil Court (Family Section) when sitting in the island of Malta and when sitting in the island of Gozo.
(6) Causes which are not included in the causes which may be heard by the Civil Court, First Hall and the Civil Court (Family Section) when holding sittings in the island of Gozo shall be heard by the said Courts sitting in Malta.
(7) The Civil Court (Commercial Section) shall take cognizance of all claims against persons residing or having their ordinary abode in the Islands of Malta and the Islands of Gozo and Comino expressly assigned by law to such section of the Civil Court:
Provided that where the Civil Court (Commercial Section) is to hear causes concerning claims against persons residing or having their ordinary abode in the Islands of Gozo and Comino, it shall hold
its sittings in the building of the courts of Gozo.
(8) The Civil Court (Voluntary Jurisdiction Section) shall also sit in Malta and in Gozo.
(9) It shall be lawful to add the words “(Gozo)” in any written pleading, judicial act, court decree, court judgment, procès-verbal, form or any other document whatsoever filed or used by the Civil Court, First Hall, the Civil Court (Family Section) or the Civil Court
(Voluntary Jurisdiction Section) when such documents relate to acts, claims or proceedings of the said courts in respect of which sittings are held in the island of Gozo.”.
LN 168 of 2018: Data protection (Processing of personal data by competent authorities for the purposes of the prevention, investigation, detection or prosecution of criminal offences or the execution of criminal penalties) Regulations, 2018 – http://www.justiceservices.gov.mt/DownloadDocument.aspx?app=lp&itemid=29098&l=1
LN 165 of 2018: Purchase of garages owned by government in a government housing estate in lieu of those granted under a title of temporary emphytheusis or lease regulations, 2018 –
http://www.justiceservices.gov.mt/DownloadDocument.aspx?app=lp&itemid=29091&l=1
