Civil Code (Amendment) Order, 2012

L.N. 311 of 2012

EUROPEAN UNION ACT

(CAP. 460)

Civil Code (Amendment) Order, 2012

IN exercise of the powers conferred upon him by article 4(2) of

the European Union Act, the Prime Minister has made the following

(1) The title of this order is the Civil Code

(Amendment) Order, 2012 and this Order shall be read and construed

as one with the Civil Code, hereinafter referred to as “the Code”.

(2) This order shall come into force on such date as the Prime

Minister may, by notice in the Gazette appoint, and different dates

may be so appointed for different purposes and for different

provisions of this order.

Immediately after article 251(3) of the Code there shall be

added the following new subarticle

"(4) The Director of the Public Registry shall give to any

person applying for the same, a certificate, the contents of which

shall be prescribed, reflecting all the acts of civil status entered in

the Public Registry against any individual registered therein.".

Article 278A of the Code shall be amended as follows

(a)

article 278A shall be numbered as article 278A(1);

and

(b) immediately after subarticle (1) as numbered there

shall be added the following new subarticles

"(2) It shall be lawful for any person to request the

Director of the Public Registry, by means of a signed

declaration submitted in Form V contained in Part II of the

First Schedule to this Code, to make an annotation in his

act of birth in order to

(a)

correct any minor spelling variations to his

name;

(b) choose a "to be called name" from among

those given to him at birth

Provided that the use of the "to be called name"

results from another act of civil status of such person

or from a Maltese identity card or passport.

(3) The declaration made in Form V contained in

Part II of the First Schedule to this Code shall be

irrevocable and shall be accepted by the Director of the

Public Registry upon the payment of a fee as prescribed by

the Minister responsible for the Public Registry.

(4) If the Director of the Public Registry allows

the request, the annotation referred to above, shall be

effective as from the day when he shall enter such

modification in the act of birth and the "extract" mentioned

in article 251 shall indicate the particulars resulting from

such annotations.

(5) A person, in respect of whom changes in

particulars relating to his change in names have been

annotated in accordance with the preceding provisions,

shall report the fact to the authorised officer under the

Identity Card and other Identity Documents Act who shall

issue a new identity card that indicates the particulars in

accordance with the annotation written in the relative act.

The expenses for the issue of the new identity card shall be

borne by the person who changed his particulars.".

In Part I of the First Schedule to the Code, immediately Amends Part I

after paragraph 8 there shall be added the following new paragraph: of

Schedule to the

Code.

"9. For every certificate reproducing all acts of civil

status against any individual ............................................. 12.".

Immediately after Form U in Part II of the First Schedule Addition of new

form to Part II

to the Code there shall be inserted the following new form

of the First

Schedule to the

Code.

" Form V

(Article 278A)

DECLARATION BY A PERSON REQUESTING MINOR

ALTERATION ON THE NAME IN THE ACT OF BIRTH

Particulars in the Act of Birth

Name/s by

Act

Name/s of the

which the Child

Date of Birth

Place of Birth

Number

Child

is to be called

Day Month Year

Request for particulars to be amended to

Name

Declarator’s Signature __________Submitted on _______________"

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