ACT No. III of 2022 AN ACT to amend the Criminal Code, Cap. 9.

I assent.

(L.S.)

GEORGE VELLA

President

4th February, 2022

ACT No. III of 2022

AN ACT to 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.

Act, 2022 and this Act shall be read and construed as one with the

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

Immediately after sub-article (3) of article 419 of the Code Amendment of

there shall be added the following new sub-article

"(3A) When the appellant is not the Attorney General,

the application shall contain the address where the

appellant usually resides at the time of its filing in the

registry of the court

Provided that where, in the course of the appeal,

the appellant, who is not the Attorney General, changes

the address above, he shall inform immediately the court

by means of a note filed in the registry of the same

court.".

In the proviso to sub-article (1) of article 421 of the Code, the

words "appeal until final judgment." shall be substituted by the words

"appeal until final judgment:" and immediately thereafter there shall

be added the following new proviso

"Provided further that if the service of the notice of the date

of the first hearing of the appeal is not delivered to the appellant in

person, the notice shall be effected at the address of the residence

mentioned in the application of appeal, or, if a note is filed in the

court registry by the appellant, who is not the Attorney General, in

accordance with sub-article (3A) of article 419, in the new

indicated address in that note. If the party at the time of service is

not to be found at that residence, the court marshall shall notify the

party outside legal hours. If, even in this case, the notice is not

delivered, then the court marshall shall immediately affix the

notice on the outside door of that residence.".

Sub-article (1) of article 422 of the Code shall be amended as

follows

(a) the word "four" shall be substituted with the word

"eight"; and

(b) the words "preceding article shall apply." shall be

substituted by the words "preceding article shall apply:" and

immediately thereafter there shall be added the following new

proviso

"Provided that the court may, in exceptional

circumstances, appoint another day for the hearing of the

appeal even where the application is filed after the term

mentioned in sub-article (1) has lapsed.".

Passed by the House of Representatives at Sitting No. 539 of the

26th January, 2022.

ANĠLU FARRUGIA

Speaker

RAYMOND SCICLUNA

Clerk of the House of Representatives

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