XXXIX tal-1986

I ass r nt.

(LS.)

AGATHA BARBARA

Pnsidrnt

51h December, 1986

ACf No. X.'XXLX of UN

AN Acr fur/ her to amend f ire Code 01 OrgDl,jtllli()tl o,,(/ CMI

Procedure (Cop. 15).

BE IT ENACTED by the Pre$idcnl, by and wilh the advice a Dd

consent of the House of Rcpresentat;\'es, in Ihis present Parliament

assembled, and by the a uthority of the lame as follows:-

I. This Act may be cited aa the Code of Organi~alion and Civil

Procedure {AmendmenO (No. 2) Act, 1986 and shaH be read and oon-

strued as one with the Code of Orga nization and Civil Proced ure.

her,:,inaftn rdcrred to as " Ihe principal law".

Section 833 of the prillCipal law shall be amended as fo] lows;-

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(a) in subsection (21 thereof for the words "or cla ims stated

in the aCI," there sha ll be substitu ted tile foll owing "or c1nims

stated in Ihe act, or if it is shown that a judicial act aooeptinsliabi-

lily u provided in subse(: lion (3) of thi5 ~c t ion has beeD filed in

the proper registry.".

(b) immediatel y after subsection (2) thereof there 51\811 bt;

added {he following

"(3) Wh ere a precautionary act has hoen issued against

any person, or such as to affect any propeny of such

person, to secure a claim for damages arising out of the

use in Malta of a motor vehitle, registered or lkell!ed in Ma lta

or abroad, and there is in respect of such motor vehicle a policy

of insurance as complies with the requirements of the Motor

Vehicles (Third Party Risks) Ordinance, whether it is an inter-

national certificate of insurance (as defined in the said

Ordinance) or otherwise and the insurer or the local bureau

(as defined in the said Ordinance) has by means of a judicial

act, filed in the Registry of the Court issuing the precautionary

act accepted liability to pay all sums that may be due for

damages arising as aforesaid, by the person against whom

the precautionary act was issued, in connection with the

claim contained in that act if such person is found to be res-

ponsible for such damages, such insurer or local bureau, as

the case may be, shall be liable to pay all sums that may be

due for damages arising as aforesaid, and the claim for such

damages may be pursued against them directly.

(4) (a) Every authorised insurer and the local bureau

shall file by means of a note in the Registry of the First Hall

of the Civil Court a declaration showing the name and address

of the person or persons having the judicial representation of

such insurer or the local bureau, as the case may be, and of

the change of any such person or persons.

(b) The Registrar of the Superior Courts shall cause

the declarations filed in terms of paragraph (a) of this subsec-

tion to be registered in a book which shall be open to inspection

by the public.

(c) Any judicial act served on such person or persons

as on the date of the filing of such act appear in the book

referred to in paragraph (b) of this subsection as having the

judicial representation of an authorised insurer or the local

bureau, as the case may be, shall be deemed for all purposes

of law to be duly served on the person having the judicial

representation of such insurer or local bureau.

(5) The Registrar of the Superior Court shall cause a

copy of the precautionary act as is referred to in subsection (3)

of this section, to be served on the local bureau without delay

and in any case not later than the working day next following

the filing of that act.

(6) No precautionary act as provided in subsection (3)

of this section shall be issued against the insured if the insurer

or the local bureau has by a judicial act filed in the Registry

of the Civil Court, First Hall, accepted liability for the pay-

ment of damages arising out of the use of a motor vehicle in Malta if

the insured is found to be

responsible for such damages,

and in such case the claim for such damages may be

pursued against the insurer or the heal bureau, as the case may be,

directly.

(7) No judicial act filled in terms of subsection (3) of

this section shall be deemed to be valid for the purposes of

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sub s ~ ction (2) of thi s s~ctionlUlI~ ss thH ~ is n gi st~nd with th~

R~ gi s tr ar

of th~ Supnior court s on th~ d3 t~ of it s filing 3

deci 3r 3tion in terms of seub section (4) of thi s section ... .

f>"J .sed by the House of Representa tives at Sitting No. JO? of the 1$1 December.

1986. PAUL XUEJl lle

Sptaktr

P . MUSCAT TERR IBJLE

A Cling CI~rk 10 Ihe HlH4Se of Repre:tt!"'atl~;r

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.....rlikolu 833 lal-Ilg i printipali g?\a ndu jiA;i emenda l kif !ej

1-."i\Dlu III

laHi ji

(a)' fis-subarti ko1u (2) liegl'lu minflok il.Jcliem "jew prelen-

otjonij iel imsemmija ril-manda1." gl'la Dd hom jidl'llu dawn li tejiin

"jcw prctcnzionijiet im5C mmi ia ril·mandal. iew jekl: ii nh'.-era li all

gudinjarj u 1i bih ligi aUeltata r-responsabbili lll kif provdu t flS-

5uba rtikolu (3) 11' dan l-artikDlu iie prd.('ntal fir-rc:gistru proprju.".

(b) minnurih WIU'll

s-5ubartikolu (2) licgtlu Sllalldu jitdied

daD Ii tej

"(3\ Meta jkun inllarc:g al1 kawlello lorju kootra xi per-

8UIIII. jew b'mod Ii jir.un jolqot xi proprjetl la' d ik il_pcnuna,

51biex titqieg1led lii-i8u r la lba ghal dannl H jliu kapnati

mill-utu tMaha la' '-cmura 181-mutur, kemm jekk retiSlrala

jew liċenzata f'Malta jew barra minn Malta, u jkun hemm

dwar din il-vettura tal-mutur polza ta' assigurazzjoni kif taqbel

mal-litiġijiet ta’ l-Ordinanza dwar l-Assigurazzjoni ta' Vetturi

tal-Mutur għar-Riskju ta' Terzi Persuni kemm jekk din tkun

ċertifikat internazzjonali ta' assigurazzjoni (kif definita fl-

Ordinanza msemmija) jew xort'oħra u l-assiguratur jew il-

bureau lokali (kif definit fl-Ordinanza msemmjia) ikunu per-

mezz ta' att ġudizzjarju, li jkun ġie preżentat fir-Reġistru tal-

Qorti li tkun ħarget l-att kawtelatorju, aċċettaw ir-responsab-

bilità li jħallsu dawk l-ammonti kollha li jistgħu jkunu dovuti

għad-danni li jiġu kaġunati kif imsemmi, minn min jinħareġ

kontrih l-att kawtelatorju, in konuessjoni mat-talba li ssir f'dak

l-att jekk dik il-persuna jinstab li hi responsabbli għal dawk

id-danni, dan l-assiguratur jew bureau lokali, kif ikun il-każ,

ikunu responsabbli li iħallsu l-ammonti kollha li jistgħu jkunu

dovuti għal danni li jiġu kaġunati kif imsemmi, u t-taba għal

dawk id-danni tista' titmexxa kontrihom b'mod dirett.

(4) (a) Kull assiguratur awtorizzat u l-bureau lokali

għandu jipprezenta permezz ta' nota fir-Reġistru tal-Prim'

Awla tal-Qorti Ċivili dikjarazzjoni li tkun turi l-isem u l-indi-

rizz tal-persuna jew persuni li jkollhom ir-rappreżentanza

ġuridika ta' dak l-assiguratur jew tal-bureau lokali, kif ikun

il-każ, u bil-bidla ta' dik il-persuna jew dawk il-persuni.

(b) Ir-Reġistratur tal-Qrati Superjuri għandu jara

li d-dikjarazzjonijiet li jiġu preżentati skond il-paragrafu (a) ta' dan

is-subartikolu għandhom jiġu reġistrati fi ktieb li jkun

miftuh għal wiri pubbliku.

(ċ) Kull att ġudizzjarju li jiġi notifikat lil dik il-

persuna jew dawk il-persuni li fid-data tal-preżentata ta' dak

l-att ikunu jidhru fil-ktieb imsemmi fil-paragrafu (b) ta' dan

is-subartikolu bħala li għandhom ir-rappreżentanza ġuridika

ta' assiguratur awtorizzat jew tal-bureau lokali, kif ikun il-każ,

għandu jitqies għall-finijiet kollha tal-liġi bħala li ġie debita-

ment notifikat lil min ikollu r-rappreżentanza ġuridika ta' dak

l-assiguratur jew bureau lokali.

(5) Ir-Reġistratur tal-Qrati Superjuri għandu jara li

kopja ta' att kawtelatorju kif imsemmi fis-subartikolu (3) ta'

dan l-artikolu, tiġi notifikata lill-bureau lokali, bla dewmien

u f'kull każ mhux aktar tard mill-ewwel ġurnata tax-xogħol li

tiġi wara l-jum li fih ġie ppreżentat l-att.

(6) Ebda att kawtelatoriu kif provdut fis-subartikolu (3)

ta' dan l-artikolu ma jinħareġ kontra l-assigurat jekk l-assigu-

ratur jew il-bureau lokali jkun b'att ġudizzjarju ppreżentat fir-

Reġistru tal-Prim'Awla tal-Qorti Ċivili aċċetta r-responsabbilità

għal ħlas ta' danni kkaġunati mill-użu ta' vettura tal-mutur

f'Malta jekk l-assigurat jinsab li hu responsabbli għal dawk

id-danni, u f'dak il-każ it-talba għal dawn id-danni tista' tit-

mexxa kontra l-assiguratur jew il-bureau lokali skond it-każ,

b'mod dirett.

{7/ Ebda att audi~zjarju Ji jia i prctCQlal skood iwubo

artikolu (3) ta ' dan l.arl;kolu ma gllandu jilqies bllala wiclled

valid u gllaU-tinijict taHubartikolu (2) ta'dan 1-4Irtiko1u jekt.

ma jkulU hcmm registral ghand ir-Rcgislratut tal.Qrali Super_

j uri Cid.data tal-prdentata ticgllu d ikjarazzjoni li ttun skond

iHUbart ikolu (4) ta' da n I·artil".olu,",

Mgllodd i mill_Kamra tad·Dcputati f1J-Seduta Nru. 407 la' I-I ta' Di~mbru. 1986,

PAUL X UI!RI!8

S~k.t',

p, MUSCAT T HRM IIllLE

A ~"I Skri" ol! w/·K(JmTO 1t¥i·D"pUlllI;