ACT No. Voil993 AN ACT Jimlre"o fI~Ni I~ Ci~il Code, Cap. 16.
Statutory Text (4 Articles)
I assent ,
Cwsu T A BONE
(U.)
President
12th February.I9\l)
ACT No. Voil993
AN ACT Jimlre"o fI~Ni I~ Ci~il Code, Cap. 16.
BE IT ENACTED by tile President , by and with the advice and
consent of Ihe House of Representatives. in this present Parliament
assembled . and by Ihe autllority of the same , as follows:-
I. This Act may be cited as the Civil Code (AmendmcOl ) Act,
1993. and shall be read and construed as one with Ihe Civil Code.
hereinafter referred to as ~the Code~ .
Don I-An jisl.' jisscjjah I·An ta ' 1·1993 Ii jemenda J- Koditi
CiviH . u ghandu jinqarn u jifliehem haia waM a mal-Koditi Civili.
hawnhckk itied 'il quddiem imsejjatl MjI· Kodiei-,
For wb5ection (3) of section 611 of the Code there shall be ,.
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substituted the following
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"(3) Where such persons are lawfully released from their
vows, they shall again lajuire the capacity to receive under a will .
3$ _11 as 10 di5pC)$e of such property as they may have
subsequenlly acqui red. and any disposition made in favour of a
person who althe lime of the testator's death was a member of a
monastic order ol of a n:ligiousoolJ'!l"ltion of regulars shall remain
suspended until such person is ellher relea$ed from hts vows as
aforesaid or dies while still a membe r of such order or corporation,
and shall be ineffectual if the person, in whose: favour it is made,
dies while still such a member.~.
J. Section 1987 of the Code shall be amended as folio"",;
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o/'boCodo.
<a) in subsection (3) thereof for the words "provided that tile
provisions of subsection (4) of this section are complied with.
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there shall be $ub$tituted the words kprovidcd the said publicdced
ts enroned in the Publie Registry IS I transfer by title of sale. ~: and
(b) for subsection (4) thereof there shall be substituted the
following
"(4) The enrolment referred 10 in su~ction (3) of this
section may be made at any time by the creditor or by any
person deriving title from the creditor. ".
The provisions of section 2 of this Ad shall also appl y 10 any
disposilkm made in favour of any person referred \0 in subsection (2)of
section 61 1 of this Code. contained in any will dlllwn Ill? before Ihe
coming inlo force of this Act regulating I s.uccession operung after Ihe
coming into force oflhis Act.
Pa$Sed by the House of Representatives at Sining No. 103 of the 81h February,
1993. LAWRENCE GONZI
Spnlku
RI CU ARD J . C"UOi I
Citric to (he House of Reprue,lIativu