under the auspices of the Faculty of Laws

L.N. 243 of 2025

EDUCATION ACT

(CAP. 327)

Bye-Laws of 2025 to amend the Bye-Laws of 2014 in terms of the

General Regulations for University Postgraduate Awards, 2021 for the

Degree of Master of Advocacy - M.Adv. - and the

Degree of Master of Notarial Studies - M.Not.St. -

under the auspices of the Faculty of Laws

IN EXERCISE of the powers conferred upon him by articles 74(5) and 75(6) of the

Education Act (Cap. 327), the Chancellor of the University of Malta has promulgated

the following bye-laws made by the Board of the Faculty of Laws in virtue of the

powers conferred upon it by article 81(1)(c) of the said Act and which have been

approved by the Senate of the University of Malta as required by article 81(2) of the

said Act

Citation

These bye-laws may be cited as the Bye-Laws of 2025 to amend the

Bye-Laws of 2014 in terms of the General Regulations for University Postgraduate

Awards, 2021 for the Degree of Master of Advocacy - M.Adv. - and the Degree of

Master of Notarial Studies - M.Not.St. - and shall be read and construed as one with

the Bye-Laws of 2014 in terms of the General Regulations for University Postgraduate

Awards, 2021 for the Degree of Master of Advocacy - M.Adv. - and the Degree of

Master of Notarial Studies - M.Not.St. - under the auspices of the Faculty of Laws,

published as Legal Notice 455 of 2014, hereinafter referred to as “the principal bye-

laws”.

Applicability

These bye-laws shall be applicable for courses commencing in October

2025 or later.

Amendment to bye-law 10 of the principal bye-laws

For paragraph (2) of bye-law 10 of the principal bye-laws there shall be

substituted the following

“(2) If students fail in, or for a valid reason approved by Senate, do not

complete any component of the professional practice study-unit in the first or second

semester, they shall be allowed to repeat that failed component in the supplementary

examination session, whilst students who fail in, or for a valid reason approved by

Senate, do not complete any component of the professional practice study-unit in

the third semester and do not obtain an overall pass, shall be allowed to repeat that

component at the next scheduled examination session during an additional year of

study.”

Amendment to bye-law 12 of the principal bye-laws

For bye-law 12 of the principal bye-laws there shall be substituted the

following

“12. Students who fail in the re-assessment of any professional practice

component and do not obtain an overall pass in the whole study-unit, shall be deemed

to have failed the Course.”

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