inferior jurisdiction Regulations, 2017

L.N. 213 of 2017

CODE OF ORGANIZATION AND CIVIL PROCEDURE

(CAP. 12)

Filing of Applications by Electronic Means in the Court of

Magistrates (Malta) and the Court of Magistrates (Gozo) in its

inferior jurisdiction Regulations, 2017

IN exercise of the powers conferred to him by article 1009A of

the Code of Organization and Civil Procedure the Minister for

Justice, Culture and Local Government has made the following

regulations:-

(1)

The title of these regulations is the Filing of Title and

Applications by Electronic Means in the Court of Magistrates (Malta) commencement.

and the Court of Magistrates (Gozo) in its inferior jurisdiction

Regulations.

(2) These regulations shall be deemed to have come into force

on the 30th June, 2017.

For the purposes of these regulations "by electronic Interpretation.

means" shall mean online.

(1)

There shall be an electronic mechanism by means Running of the

of which applications that initiate a contentious procedure may be online system.

filed online in the Court of Magistrates (Malta) and the Court of

Magistrates (Gozo) in its inferior jurisdiction.

(2) These regulations shall apply only to those applications

indicated in the electronic mechanism mentioned in the preceding

sub-regulation.

(3) Any advocate or legal procurator who wants to file an

application, as indicated in these regulations, in the Court of

Magistrates (Malta) and the Court of Magistrates (Gozo) in its

inferior jurisdiction by electronic means, may do so by filing the

application online through the appropriate site and paying the

prescribed fee.

(1)

The Registrar Civil Courts and Tribunals or

persons delegated by him may receive applications filed by electronic

means.

(2) The Registrar Civil Courts and Tribunals shall issue a copy

of the applications filed online and the said copy issued by the

Registrar Civil Courts and Tribunals shall for all intents and purposes

of law be considered as the original.

(3) Applications filed by electronic means shall, for all intents

and purposes of law, be deemed as if they have been filed directly in

the Registry of the same Court

Provided that when an application is filed by electronic

means outside registry opening hours as established by the Code of

Organization and Civil Procedure, such act shall be deemed to have

been filed on the first following day of the opening of the said

Registry.

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