Cap. 12 Art. 968Arbitration.

(1) Subject to the provision of sub-article (2), any cause concerning any matter in dispute which has been brought before a court of civil jurisdiction in Malta may be submitted at the request of all the parties for determination by arbitration, under the provisions of the Arbitration Act, and the provisions of the aforesaid Act shall apply thereto.

(2) Any submission to arbitration in regard to any dispute concerning questions of personal status including those relating to separation, divorce or annulment of a marriage between spouses, or in regard to things or rights which may not form the subject-matter of a contract, whether absolutely or without certain formalities required by law, is null.