Cap. 10 Art. 44List of touts and appeals against inclusion of names therein.

(1) The Registrar of Courts, the registrar of the Court of Magistrates (Malta) or the registrar of the Court of Magistrates

(Gozo) shall, each in respect of the court to which he is attached, frame and publish in the Gazette lists of persons proved to their respective satisfaction to have acted or attempted to act as touts or unauthorised advisers to suitors or prospective suitors subsequently to the enactment of this provision and may, from time to time, alter and amend such lists.

(2) No person’s name shall be included in any such list until he has had an opportunity over a period of not less than four working days of showing cause against such inclusion. The registrar’s final decision to include a name in any such list shall be conveyed to the person concerned by registered letter, which shall be deemed to have been received by the addressee on proof that it was delivered at the addressee’s last known place of residence.

(3) An appeal shall lie against the Registrar’s decision to include a person’s name in any such list, by application made within twenty days after the receipt of the Registrar’s final decision. The appeal shall lie to the Court of Magistrates in its superior jurisdiction.

(4) A copy of every such list shall be kept prominently displayed near the main entrance door of the court house to which it relates and another copy shall be kept prominently displayed in every court room of the court to which it relates.