Court of Appeal (Determination of Chambers) (Amendment) Order,

L.N. 188 of 2018

CODE OF ORGANIZATION AND CIVIL PROCEDURE

(CAP 12)

Court of Appeal (Determination of Chambers) (Amendment) Order,

IN EXERCISE of the powers conferred by sub-article (2) of

article 41 of the Code of Organization and Civil Procedure, the

President of Malta has made the following order:-

The title of this order is the Court of Appeal (Determination

of Chambers) (Amendment) Order, 2018 and this order shall be read

and construed as one with the Court of Appeal (Determination of

Chambers) Order, hereinafter referred to as "the principal Order".

In article 2 of the principal Order, for the word "two." there

shall be substituted the word "three." and for the words "the Court of

Appeal (First Chamber) and the Court of Appeal (Second Chamber).",

there shall be substituted the words "the Court of Appeal (First

Chamber), the Court of Appeal (Second Chamber) and the Court of

Appeal (Third Chamber).".

Article 3 of the principal Order shall be amended as

(a) in sub-article (1) thereof, for the words "the

commencement of this Order", there shall be substituted the

words "the 29th April 1994" and for the words "article 41(3)",

there shall be substituted the words "article 41(6)";

(b) in sub-article (2) thereof, for the words "the

commencement of this Order" there shall be substituted the

words "the 29th April 1994";

(c) immediately after sub-article (2) thereof, there shall

be added the following new sub-article

"(3) Unless otherwise provided in the rules referred

to in sub-article (1) of this article the causes pending before

the Court of Appeal (First Chamber) or the Court of Appeal

(Second Chamber) and which have not been appointed for

hearing on the 11th June 2018, and appeals introduced after

the 11th June 2018 may be assigned by the Chief Justice for

hearing before the Court of Appeal (Third Chamber).".

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