ACT No. XXVIII of 2020 AN ACT to amend the Code of Organization and Civil Procedure, 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:-
Statutory Text (3 Articles)
I assent.
(L.S.)
GEORGE VELLA
President
12th June, 2020
ACT No. XXVIII of 2020
AN ACT to amend the Code of Organization and Civil Procedure,
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:-
The short title of this Act is the Code of Organization and Short title.
Civil Procedure (Amendment) Act, 2020 and this Act shall be read and
construed as one with the Code of Organization and Civil Procedure, Cap. 12.
hereinafter referred to as "the Code".
Immediately after sub-article (3) of article 381 of the Code, Amendment of
article 381 of the
there shall be added the following new sub-article
Code.
"(4) Notwithstanding any provision in this Code or any
other law, when the debtor is an employer, the order shall not
attach upon any salary, wage (including bonus, allowances,
overtime and other emoluments) of the employees of the debtor
Provided that, the garnishee be formally notified in this
regard.".
Passed by the House of Representatives at Sitting No. 341 of the
9th June, 2020.
ANĠLU FARRUGIA
Speaker
RAYMOND SCICLUNA
Clerk of the House of Representatives
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