Cap. 443 чл. 20Non-applicability of certain articles. Cap. 12.

(1) The provisions of articles 614(2) and (3), 618, 619,

620 and 622(2) of the Code of Organization and Civil Procedure shall not apply, for Non-Contracting States, in the execution of letters of request sent by the judicial authority of a Contracting State made under The Hague Convention of 1970.

(2) The Minister may, by rules made under this article, set up the procedure to be followed in the case of letters of request made by a Contracting State, other than Malta, for the evidence of a person residing in Malta.

(3) Subject to the provisions of subarticles (1) and (2), the court shall transmit the letter of request, either directly to the central authority of the requesting State or through the central authority of Malta.