Cap. 571 чл. 24Rights and duties acquired.

(1) The rights and duties acquired under the provisions of article 20, provided that there was no opposition on the part of the respondent, shall be rescinded and declared null and without effect if a request by an application is lodged before the Civil Court (Family Section) or the Court of Magistrates (Gozo) (Family Section) (Superior Jurisdiction), as appropriate, by the respondent within twenty days from the first notification served unto him of any executive warrant, any other judicial act or any criminal case based on those rights and duties, and the Court is satisfied:

(a) that the respondent did not have knowledge of the judicial letter because he was not duly notified; or

(b) that the judicial letter did not contain the requirements

(2) In the event of a criminal case based on the duties of a party arising from this Act with which the competent Court has yet to decide whether the same duties obtained under article 20 should be rescinded and declared null and void, the Court of Magistrates as a Court of Criminal Judicature shall defer the case for another date.

(3) Without prejudice to article 25, no objection, except that which is specifically prescribed in this article, shall prevent the issue or execution of any executive act or be regarded as a valid reason at law not to honour the duties of the respondent under this Act or reason for the establishment or deferral of criminal proceedings arising from a dereliction of duties pursuant to this Act.-Registration of the judicial letter.