131 tal-2003 - Regoli tal-Qorti biex Jinżamm il-Bon Ordni fil-Qrati tal-Ġustizzja, 2003

L.N. 131 of 2003

CODE OF ORGANIZATION AND CIVIL PROCEDURE

(CAP. 12)

Rules of Court for the Maintenance of Good Order

in the Courts of Justice, 2003.

THE President of Malta has approved the following Rules of Court

made by the Rule-Making Board constituted in terms of article 29 of

the Code of Organization and Civil Procedure.

The title of these rules is the Rules of Court for the Maintenance

of Good Order at the Courts of Justice, 2003.

No person shall, under the penalties laid down in article 990

of the Code of Organization and Civil Procedure –

(a) except in such areas as may be designated for the purpose

by the Registrar of Courts, expose for sale or sell any kind of food

or other things within the precincts of the Courts of Justice, or,

except in such areas as so designated, eat or partake of food or

beverages within such precincts< or

(b) smoke within the precincts of the Courts of Justice to

which the public have access other than in such areas as may be

designated for that purpose by the Registrar of Courts< or

(c) vociferate, within the precincts of the Courts of Justice,

in a manner as to disturb the sittings of the courts< or

(d) keep the ringing mechanism of any mobile or cellular

phone switched on within any hall where the court sits, during a

sitting of the court.

The Government Notice 256 of 1913 on Maintenance of Good

Order in the Courts of Magistrates Rules of Court is hereby repealed.

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