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DUTY ON DOCUMENTS AND TRANSFERS APPEALS RULES OF COURT
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DUTY ON DOCUMENTS AND
TRANSFERS APPEALS RULES OF COURT
[S .L.364.07
SUBSIDIARY LEGISLATION 364.07
DUTY ON DOCUMENTS AND TRANSFERS
APPEALS RULES OF COURT
5th August, 1994
LEGAL NOTICE 86 of 1994, as amended by Legal Notice 248 of 2009.
The title of these rules is the Duty on Documents and
Transfers Appeals Rules of Court.
(1) When an appeal is entered within the period
established in article 59 of the Duty on Documents and Transfers
Act, hereinafter referred to as "the Act", the opposing party shall
have the right of a reply within fifteen days from the date of the
notification of the act by which the appeal is made. No security for
costs shall be required when the appeal is made in accordance with
the provisions of article 58 of the Act.
(2) The Court shall set the appeal for hearing by not later than
one month immediately following the expiration of the period of
fifteen days allowed for the reply to the appeal.
All acts and documents received by the Court of Appeal in
connection with any appeal from any decision by the said Tribunal
or Board, as the case may be, in terms of article 59 of the Act shall
be accessible only to the parties concerned and to their counsel and
legal procurators, and such access shall be had only in the presence
of the deputy registrar of the said Court. Only the said parties and
their counsel and legal procurators shall have the right to obtain
copies of the said acts, documents and judgement.
The Registrar of Courts shall keep the record of the appeal
in his custody to ensure the secrecy of the said record. On the
conclusion of the proceedings the acts shall be bound and kept in
the custody of the Registrar.
All notifications required in such appeals shall always be
effected by the court usher and the copies of the acts so notified
shall be placed in an envelope sealed by the Registrar.
(1) The President of the Court of Appeal shall sign the
Court judgement which shall be immediately deposited with the
Registrar who shall then thereby conclude and bind the records of
the proceedings.
(2) The Registrar shall, within four days from such deposit,
inform the parties of such fact.
The provisions of the Code of Organization and Civil
Procedure and the general rules of the Court shall apply unless
these rules provide otherwise.