ACT No. XXII (If '11'92 AN ACTIo tJmend lhe Code of Orgllni;uJliOtlIlM Ci"il Procedure.

I assent.

(L.S. )

CeNSU T .... OONJ!.

President

11th Dccember. 1992

ACT No. XXII (If '11'92

AN ACTIo tJmend lhe Code of Orgllni;uJliOtlIlM Ci"il Procedure.

Clip. 12.

BE rr ENACrED by the r rnidcnt . by and ... il h the adv~ and

consent of the House of Representatives. in this present Parliament

assembled. and by the authority of the $lll1le. as follows:-

I. (I) This Act may be ei' ed as the Code ofOrganiuotion and

Civil Procedure (Amendment) Act. 1992. and "hall be read and

construed as o~ wilh tbe Code of Organiza,ion and Civil Procedure.

hcreinMte r referred IU a~ .. the Code~.

(2) Thi. Act shan \X1mc into force on such dale lIS the

Minister respon,iblc fnr justice may by order in the Gazelle establish.

Section 60f the Code: shall be amended as follows

(a) the pusent section shall be renumbe~d assubs«lion (I)

'hcreof; and

(b) immediately after subst:etion ( I) thereof as renumbered

Ihcre shall be added the following sU~Cl ion ;

- (2) Iksides ,'''' Chief lu.,ice. Ihe judges of the

Superior Courts sha ll be thirteen or such greater number as the

President of Malta may by Order prescribe ,"',

J. For subsection ll) of section I I Ofl hc Code. Ihere shall be sub·

stit uted the following;

..( I) The l'reSldent of Malta shall ~ssign '<leach ofl he judges

the court or the chambcrof Ihe COUTt in which he is 10 sil. and may

lransfe r a judge from OIle court or chamber ofa court to another;

J' wvide<.lthat a judgc may be assigned to .i, in morc than one

cotJTI or mOTe than one chamhel of o~ or more courts.~.

4 . Section 29 ofche Code shall be amended as follOW$

in subsection (I) thereof for the WQTds from "the Chief

(a)

J ustice~ to th e word5 "Commission the re shall be substituted the

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words Mthe Chief J U$tia:, two judges appointed by the President of

Malta. and the president of the Olamber of Advocates~; and in

paragraph (c) theTC()f for the word5 "to sit in a particular oourt M

there shall beaub5tituted the words Hto sit in a particulareourt ~ a

particular c""mber of I court;-; and

(b) in subsection (2) thereof for the words HtW(l other

members are present. H there shall be sub5tituted the words MOB(

other member are prC$l: nt. H.

S. In section 19 of the Code, for the W(Irds 11Ie Judge of the

Commercial Court- there shall be substituted the words MAny Judge

silling in the Commercial Court or any chamber theTC()f· .

6, Imme9iatcly aft er section 39 of the Code there shan be added

the following section

39A . (I) Notwithstanding the provisions of

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subsection (1 ) of section 32, section 33 and subsection (1) of

section 36 the First Hall of lheCi vil Court. theScoond H all of

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the Civil Court and the Commercial Court may each be

cItombc. .

romposed of more than one chamber, as the President of

Malta may by Order determine.

(2) A judge , ""11 l it in each such chamber. and a

chamber of any such court shall exercise and have all the

powers as are oonferred on such court by any law .~.

s«tion 41 of the Code Shall be amended as follows

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(a) subsections (I) and (2) thereof shall be renumbered as

subsections (5) and (6) respect ively

(b) in subsection (5) thereof as renumbe red, for the WQTds

H'The Court of Appeal shall consist of the President and two ot her

of the judges; and it shall hcar~ the re shall be sub5titutcd the words

- It shall hear ~; and

(c) immediately before wbsection (5) thereof

as

ren umbered there shall be added the following subsections

"(I) The Court of ApPeal $hall consist of one or more

chambers each oonsistingofthe Chief J ustice and two other of

the judges. Eachchambershall c~ercise and have all powers as

are by thi ~ Code or any other law Veiled in the Court of

Appeal .

(2) The number of cliambcrs shall be I!etermined by an

Order oftlie President of Malta.

(3) Where an Order is made by the President of Malta

providing for more than one chamber ofthe Court of Appeal .

the rule·making board e§tablished under section 29 of the

Code shall provide the manner in which cases mall be

distributed between the various ch ambers.

(4) (a) An Order as is refem:d to in subsection (3)

hereof may provide that where OrM: of the judgel. other than

the Chief Justice. sini ng in ODe of the chambe l"$. abstains Or is

otherwi se ch~lle nged and the challenge is acce pt ed. the case in

which such absten tion or challenge takes place shall be heard

by such other ofthe chambers ~5 is prescribed in Ihe Order.

(b) Where the Chief Justice is challenged and the

challenge is 3CC1.'pted or abstains. the senior judge (other than

the Chi ef Justice) in such other chamber as may be dete rmined

in the Orde r. shall be surrogated for the Chief Ju stice in th e

cha mbe r where the case: is being heard .

(c ) Whe re notwithstanding the promions of any

orders made under paragraphs(a) and (b) hereof th e case may

not be heard by any of the chambel"$ as pro~ided for in such

orde r because: of a challenl<' or abstcmiOfl of the Chief Just ice

or any other of the judges. the President of Maha shall

surrogate art(){he r judge or other judges to sit in lieu of the

judges challenged or lawfully impeded in the chambe r in which

the case was first assigned under the provisions of subseetion

(3) herCQf ....

S. In S«'Iion 2 16 0f the Code fo r the words ~ byone ohu.ch judgcs

o r magima tes.~ there shat! be substituted the words "by one of such

judges or magistrales: sohoweve r that it shan be lowful for the judge or

magi~trate pre~iding th at court to ddive r the judge",.e nt in the ~~ncc

of the other members of the 001.10 provided tha t the judgement ;s sigrM:d

by at least two o fthe members of the oourt .~.

Passed by Ihe House of Representatives M Silt ing No. 75 of the 1st December.

1992. LAWRENCE G ONZ!

Speaker

RI CHA RI) J. CAVCH t

Clerk /0 th .. H~ 0/ Rtpr"u maliwt,

Iw>bbhhr mul_DIp1Jllmon!'" 1_lnfcnwol:ljODl K .. nlj . Pubb.n.d by rh< D<paztmonr oflnfOImlbon _ ('<M~l~

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Minflok is-subanikolu ( I) la' I· artikolu 1 I tal·Koditi ghandu E.Mc_I.·

jidhol is-$lIbanikol ll (I) li gej

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Il-Presidem t,l' Malta ghandu jaS5Cnja lil xu ll wiehed

mill-imhallfin il·qorti)cw scujoni lal-qorti li fiha gbandu)oqgllod , u

jiSla' jbiddcl imhalld minn qoni Jew se7.l!joni la' qoni gl'Ial oI'Ira;

lid. rnhalld jiMa' jig; assc:njal li ;oqghod fik13r minn qoTl;

wabda Jew iJr.". minn se:ezjoni wahda la' qorti " 'ahda jcw at la.

m;nn .... hda .-.

L-artikolu ;N I. I-Kodid &hand u jij;i em~ r>d~t kif j;ej

(a) Ii.-suban ikolu (I) tie&hu minnok il-Hem mi on ~ mill ­

Prim Imhalkr sal-kljem "tl idma m-Orat i~ gh~ ndhom jidhlu I"

kliem ~ mill-Prim Imflalle t, minn iewg im!\alllin marttura mill _

Presitknlla' M~ha. u mill-presi dent tal-Kamra la' I·A vukali .-: u fil ·

pa.agrafu (t) tie,lIu minnok iI·k li~ m ~bin joqghodu fqoni

parll kolari" ghandllom jKllllu J· kl;em -bicx joqgI'Iodu f qoni

partikolari jcw IICzzjoni part; kol~ri la· qorti:"; u

(b) fi~-sllbartikol u (2 ) tiegllu mintlok il -klie m ~II u .... j;

m"mbri ohr8 ma' jkunux prdcn ti : ' ghandhom iidrtlu I-klie m ~u

membru iellor ma jkun llx prdenti." .

Fl-a rti kul u 391~ I· Kod iti minnok il·kliem " L.imhalleftal-Oorti

I~I- K ummert"

ghandhOIll jidhlu I·klie m " );ull Imhallef 'i foqghod fil-

Oart; tal· Kum mcrt je .... fx; sezzjoni laghlla·'.

6, Minnufill ,",'ara I·artikolu 3'l ul-Koditi ghandu jiidkd dan 1_

artikolu gdid li j;ei

3\lA , ( I)

Minkejja d·di§puiiujonijiel taH ubartikolu

(l ) la · I-artikulu 32. 13 ' I,art ikolu 33 u tas·subartikolu ( I) ta "1-

artitolu 36 il· Prim' A .... Ia tal·Oort i Ci,"ill. i5·Se kond ' A wla tal-

.1", .. , ..

Ooni Civili u I-O orli t al· Ku mm~ri: iislghu kull wahda

minnhum tkun maghmul a minn aklar mlnn scu jonj wahda ,

lid k kif il-I'rtsidem la' Malta jista ' b'Ordn i jistabbi'ixxi .

(2) Gha ndu ikun Itemm imha llcf li joqghod fkull

Ithal dik. u ~lljoni IS' qoni ]'lIal dik gllandha

~ u~'ni

thadde m u jkollha §-sel,flat kollha mogh tija lil di k il-qorti

b·kulllij;i .. ·.

L-J rl ik"lu 4 1lat, KodKi ghandu jigi c mc nd~~ kif gej

(3 ) is-subanikoli (I) u (2) licghu ghand hom jitu enumerali

mill _j):did hhul~ H uharlik"li (5) u (6 ) rispt:llivamenl

(b) fis-suban ikoiu (5) licghu kif e nume ral mill-gdid. minflok

il -kh cm -'I I-Oor ti ta' I·A ppell hija maghD1ul ~ miU· Prc";de nt U le,,·*

imhallfin oh.s : 11 lIija l i~ma'~ ghandhom jidhlu I·klkm " Hija

(j~ma"'; u

(c) nlinllufih qaocl is-liublir1ikolu (5) kif enumeral mill·gdid

ghandhom jitdiedu dawn is-subartikoli li j;cjjin

1I-00,ti ta' I·Appell hija D1 sghmul a mi nn ",-,vojoni

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wahda jew i k ~ar minn wahda li kull IICujoni minnhom Ikun

maghmula mill-Prim [mhalld u tew! imhallfi n ollra . Kull

sczzjoni ghandha lhaddem u jkollha s· scIgha~ koll1l8 Ii lIuma

b"dan il·Koditi jew b' kull liti oflm vest ili fil·Oorti la'I-Appell .

(2)

L-ghadd la' IICzzjonijiel jigi stab!>ilit b'Ordni

m~ghmul mill -Preside nt la' Mall a_

(3) Mela jimgtmmd Ordni mill-Presidem la' Malta li

jkun jipprovdi ghal aklar minn sezzjoni wahda lal-Qoni 18 ' 1-

Appell , il-bord bis-selgha li jaghm~1 r~goli slabbi1ili bis-sahha

la' l-artikolu 291B' dan il·Koditighandu jipprovdi dwaril-mod

kif il-hwti ghandhom jilqlssmu bej n id-divcrsi sezzjonijicl.

(4) (I) Ordni bhal dak imsemmi fiH uOOrtikolu (l) la·

dan I-Irtikolu jiSla· jipprovdi li mela wiehed miU-im hallfin.li

ma jkunx il-Prim Im1'la1lef. li joqgbod fwa hda mis-sel-

ljonijicl, jll$tjcni jcw mod ic hor jigi riku ial u di k ir-rikutll

ligi aC«llala. iJ-kawta li fiha ~seh h di k l-astcnsjoni jcw rikuia

ghandha linslem~ minn sczzjon i ohra 1i liti he k k Slabbilita bl-

Ordni.

(b) MCII jig. rikutat u di k ir-rik uia liti at(e tt ala

jcw jastjeni I-Prim Imhallef. ghandu jigi surrosat minnolr. il -

Prim Imha llef fis-seujoni rejn t kun qegllda linstema ' I-kawta.

I-im hallef bl-aktar precedenza (Ii ma j kun~ il -Prim Jmh :.lIet)

fdi k is-sezzjoni I; tista - liti hekk stabbilita bI -Ordn i.

(~) M ~la . minkejja d_disposizzjonijkl la ' kull ordni

maghmul bis-sahhl lll-paragrafi (a) u (bJ la· dan is-

subartikolu. iJ- kawia ma tkunx tista' (instema mirm ebda

sezzjon i skond kif provdut rdik I_(lfdni minhahba fir-,ikuia

jew aslcnsjoni lal -Prim I mh allcf jew xi wiehcd mil1-imhal1fin I-

ahra , il-Pre sident la Mal1a jiS5.,nroga imhalld khol jew

imhallfin ohra biex joqghod jew joqoghdu minllok l-imhallfi n

li jkunu gow rikutat; j.cw legiuimamenl impedi ti fis-seujon;

rcjn il-kawta Ikun I-<,wwcl giel aMCnjala lalll id -

dispoZ;zzjonijiet 1as-suba rt ikolu (l) ta' dan I-ani kolu. ~.

A-arc ikolu 216 tal-Koditi minnok il- kl iem '· minn wiehed 1: ... 00.,.

minnhorn .~ ghandhom jidlllu I- kliem ~ m i nn wiehed minnhom : iida

b ·dan illi I-imhallef jew il-magistral li ji pprcsjed i dik il-qorli jbla· jagllli

scnlcnza hI! mmgh aJr ma Jattendu I-membri J-ohra tal-qorti sa kcmm di k

is-s.:ntenza Iklln iffirmata mill _ a nq~ s minn fe wg membri lal -\lOfl i. ~.

Mghoddi mill· Kamra lad-Depulali fis-Sedula Nru . 75 la' I_ I 13' O~ mbru . 1992_

LAWII.IO.NCE GONZl

Spt~k.u

RI CHARD J. CAUC111

Sk.ri,·~n ra/-K~"'r~ IIld- l)tl,,/~rl.