Duty on Documents and Transfers (Amendment) Rules, 2004

L.N. 112 of 2004

DUTY ON DOCUMENTS AND TRANSFERS ACT

(CAP. 364)

Duty on Documents and Transfers (Amendment) Rules, 2004

IN exercise of the powers conferred by article 22 of the Duty on

Documents and Transfers Act, the Minister of Finance and Economic

Affairs has made the following rules:-

(1) The title of these rules is the Duty on Documents and Citation and

Transfers (Amendment) Rules, 2004, and shall be read and construed commencement.

as one with the Duty on Documents and Transfers Rules, 1993, L.N. 98 of 1993.

hereinafter referred to as “the principal rules”.

(2) These rules shall come into force on the 1 st January, 2004.

(1) Immediately after paragraph (2) of rule 10 of the principal Amendment

10 of the principal

rules there shall be added the following proviso:-

rules.

“Provided that a promise of sale or of a transfer of an

immovable property or any real right thereon made on or prior to

the 31st December, 2003 shall be valid where notification thereof

is given by either the transferor or the transferee or their authorised

representative.”.

(2) Immediately after paragraph (4) of rule 10 of the

principal rules there shall be added the following proviso:-

“Provided that where the last day on which such a notice is to

be filed falls on a Saturday or a public holiday as established in the

National Holidays and Other Public Holidays Act, that day shall

be deemed to fall on the first working day, other than a Saturday,

following the said Saturday or public holiday.”.

(3) For the words “within seven days following the date

thereof in the same manner as provided for in paragraph (2)” in paragraph

(6) of rule 10 of the principal rules there shall be substituted the words

“within fifteen days following the date thereof in writing together with

an indication of the Notification Number of the Promise of Sale and

signed by either of the parties to the agreement or an authorised

representative”.

For the words “An authenticated copy of the I.D. Card is to be

First Schedule to the

annexed

in respect of each individual” in the Declaration by Notary,

Item I, in the First Schedule to the principal rules, there shall be

substituted the words “The I.D. Card Number of each individual shall

be given”.

For the words “Din in-notifika hija invalida jekk iç-cheque

mhuwiex mehmu]” in the Maltese text in the Third Schedule to the

principal rules there shall be substituted the words “Din in-notifika tkun

invalida jekk iç-çekk ma jissarrafx”.

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