ACT No. III of 2021 AN ACT to further amend the Criminal Code, Cap. 9.

I assent.

(L.S.)

GEORGE VELLA

President

2nd February, 2021

ACT No. III of 2021

AN ACT to further amend the Criminal Code, Cap. 9.

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 Criminal Code (Amendment Short title.

No. 2) Act, 2021 and this Act shall be read and construed as one with

the Criminal Code, hereinafter referred to as "the Code".

Immediately after article 700 of the Code, there shall be added Addition of new

article to the

the following new article

Code.

" Filing of

701. The Minister responsible for justice may make

judicial

regulations providing for or permitting the

documents by

electronic

(a) filing of judicial acts by electronic

means.

means,

(b) transmission

and

notification

by

electronic means of judicial acts, court proceedings,

documentation and notifications, and without

prejudice to the generality of the foregoing, those

regulations may provide for

(i) the form of judicial acts performed

by electronic means;

(ii) the transmission, filing and service

of documents by electronic equipment;

(iii) keeping court records by electronic

means and the way that such records are to be

authenticated and how copies are to be issued

and authenticated;

(iv) the fees that may be charged in

respect of the use of those electronic means in

connection with the making, transmission,

filing or service of judicial acts, and for the

making of copies of records of the court; and

(v) anything

consequential

or

incidental thereto including such transitional

provisions as the Minister may deem necessary

or expedient and relating thereto.".

Passed by the House of Representatives at Sitting No. 421 of the

27th January, 2021.

ANĠLU FARRUGIA

Speaker

RAYMOND SCICLUNA

Clerk of the House of Representatives

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