Cap. 11 Art. 3Composition of court. Procedure. Exception.

(1) The said court, in the exercise of the duties assigned to

Justices of the Peace, as provided in the last preceding section, shall be composed of more magistrates than one, whensoever the Act of Parliament, under which such powers are exercised, requires the presence of more Justices of the Peace than one, and the said court shall observe such mode of procedure as shall be expressly prescribed by such Act of Parliament.

(2) In the absence of any express provision in the Act of

Parliament as to the mode of procedure, the aforesaid court shall observe the mode of procedure prescribed for the said court according to the laws enacted and in force in Malta.

(3) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (1) of this section, where, according to the Act of Parliament under which the said duties are exercised, the proceedings may, in England, be carried out by two or more Justices of the Peace or by one magistrate called in England Stipendiary Magistrate, such proceedings may in Malta be carried out by one magistrate only.

*See Proclamation No IV of 1854. with such offences shall be brought before the Court of Magistrates (Malta), and the said court shall, observing the same mode of procedure prescribed for it, try such parties or commit them for trial by the Criminal Court according as the case requires, in the same manner at the said court tries or commits for trial in cases of offences liable to punishment under any law enacted and in force in Malta.