FILING OF ACTS BY ELECTRONIC MEANS IN THE LAND ARBITRATION BOARD REGULATIONS

FILING OF ACTS BY ELECTRONIC MEANS IN THE LAND

ARBITRATION BOARD

SUBSIDIARY LEGISLATION 573.05

FILING OF ACTS BY ELECTRONIC MEANS IN THE

LAND ARBITRATION BOARD REGULATIONS

30th November, 2018

LEGAL NOTICE 432 of 2018.

The title of these regulations is the Filing of Acts by

Electronic Means in the Land Arbitration Board Regulations.

For the purposes of these regulations, ''by electronic

means'' means online.

(1)

There shall be an electronic mechanism by means

of which applications that initiate a procedure or a reply thereto, may

be filed online in the Land Arbitration Board.

(2)

These regulations shall apply only to those acts indicated

in the electronic mechanism mentioned in sub-regulation (1).

(3)

Any advocate or legal procurator who wants to file an

application, as indicated in these regulations, in the Land Arbitration

Board by electronic means, may do so by filing the application online

through the appropriate site and paying the fee prescribed by law.

(1)

The Registrar Civil Courts and Tribunals or

persons delegated by him may receive applications filed by electronic

means, as indicated in these regulations.

(2)

The Registrar Civil Courts and Tribunals shall issue a

copy of the acts filed online and the said copy issued by the Registrar

shall for all intents and purposes of law be considered as the original.

(3)

Acts filed by electronic means shall, for all intents and

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

the Registry of the Board

Provided that when an act 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.