Cap. 12 чл. 537Issue and posting up of banns. Time for opposition.

(1) Upon the filing of the application, the court shall issue banns which shall be published in the Gazette and in at least one daily newspaper and be posted up at the entrance of the building in which the court sits, calling upon all parties interested to enter their opposition by a note, within a time of not less than eight days nor exceeding one month, to be fixed by the judge.

(2) Such time shall commence to run from the day on which the banns are posted up, or last published in either the Gazette or the periodical newspaper, whichever is the latest.

(3) The registrar shall cause a notice signed by him, containing a summary of the contents of the banns, to be published in the

Government Gazette, and affixed in the place in which Government Notices or other official acts are ordinarily affixed in the city, suburb or district in which the deceased resided at the time of his death.

(4) If at the time of his death the deceased did not reside in Malta, the said notice shall be affixed in the place in which Government Notices or other official acts are ordinarily affixed in the city, suburb or district, in Malta, wherein it is proved to the satisfaction of the court that he has resided within the last ten years preceding his death; and, failing such proof, the said notice shall be affixed in the place where Government Notices and other official acts are ordinarily affixed in Valletta.

(5) Nevertheless it shall in all cases be lawful for the court to order that the said notice be also affixed in any other place.