Court of Appeal (Determination of Chambers)

L.N. 34 of 2023

CODE OF ORGANIZATION AND CIVIL PROCEDURE

(CAP. 12)

Court of Appeal (Determination of Chambers)

(Amendment) Order, 2023

IN EXERCISE of the powers conferred by 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, 2023 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".

Article 2 of the principal order shall be substituted by the

following new article

"2. The number of chambers of the Court of Appeal shall

be four (4). These chambers shall be designated respectively as

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

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

the Court of Appeal (Fourth Chamber).".

Sub-article (3) of article 3 of the principal order shall be

substituted by the following new sub-article

"(3) Unless otherwise provided in the rules referred to in

sub-article (1), appeals filed before and, or those appeals pending

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

Appeal (Second Chamber) or the Court of Appeal (Third

Chamber), may be assigned by the Chief Justice for hearing

before the Court of Appeal (Fourth Chamber).".

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