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Malta Government Gazette — Act 2010 20 — ACT No. XX of 2010 AN ACT further to amend the Civil Code, Cap. 16 BE IT ENACTED by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the House of Representatives, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as

Preamble — ACT No. XX of 2010 AN ACT further to amend the Civil Code, Cap. 16 BE IT ENACTED by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the House of Representatives, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as Open official source

(L.S.) G eorge A bela

14th December, 2010

ACT No. XX of 2010

AN ACT further to amend the Civil Code, Cap. 16

BE IT ENACTED by the President, by and with the advice

and consent of the House of Representatives, in this present

Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as

follows:-

Malta Government Gazette — Act 2010 20 — ACT No. XX of 2010 AN ACT further to amend the Civil Code, Cap. 16 BE IT ENACTED by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the House of Representatives, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as

Art. 1 Short title. — ACT No. XX of 2010 AN ACT further to amend the Civil Code, Cap. 16 BE IT ENACTED by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the House of Representatives, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as Open official source

The short title of this Act is the Civil Code (Amendment)

Act, 2010, and it shall be read and construed as one with the Civil

Code, hereinafter referred to as “the Code”.

Malta Government Gazette — Act 2010 20 — ACT No. XX of 2010 AN ACT further to amend the Civil Code, Cap. 16 BE IT ENACTED by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the House of Representatives, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as

Art. 2 Amendment of article 114 of the Code. — ACT No. XX of 2010 AN ACT further to amend the Civil Code, Cap. 16 BE IT ENACTED by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the House of Representatives, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as Open official source

Subarticle (2) of article 114 of the Code shall be amended

as follows:-

(a) for the words “who have been married for a period

of not less than three years and are living together,” there

shall be substituted the words “who have been married to

each other and are living together,”; and

(b) in the proviso thereto, the words “that the spouses

have been married for less than three years and” shall be

deleted.

Malta Government Gazette — Act 2010 20 — ACT No. XX of 2010 AN ACT further to amend the Civil Code, Cap. 16 BE IT ENACTED by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the House of Representatives, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as

Art. 3 Amendment of article 116 of the Code. — ACT No. XX of 2010 AN ACT further to amend the Civil Code, Cap. 16 BE IT ENACTED by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the House of Representatives, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as Open official source

Immediately after subarticle (1) of article 116 of the Code

there shall be added the following new proviso

“Provided further that in the case of intercountry

adoptions as defined in article 2 of the Adoption

Administration Act, an adoption made in accordance with

the adoption procedures under this Code and any regulations

made thereunder and the Adoption Administration Act,

and certified by the competent authority of the country of

adoption as having been made lawfully in that country may

be recognised in Malta by means of an adoption decree

notwithstanding that the person to be adopted has not been

continuously in the care and possession of the applicant for

at least three consecutive months immediately preceding the

date of the adoption decree.”.

Passed by the House of Representatives at Sitting No. 294 of 7th December,

2010. M ichael F rendo

Speaker

P auline A bela

Clerk to the House of Representatives

ACT No. XX of 2010 AN ACT further to amend the Civil Code, Cap. 16 BE IT ENACTED by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the House of Representatives, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as

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