Cap. 614 Art. 7Choice of applicable law.

(1) In the public deed of cohabitation, the parties may decide to declare the applicable law to their cohabitation from the following:

(a) the law of the State where the parties or one of them, habitually resides at the time that the public deed of cohabitation is concluded;

(b) the law of a State of citizenship of either one of the parties at the time the public deed of cohabitation is concluded; or

(c) the law of the State under whose law the public deed of cohabitation was constituted.

(2) If the parties fail to make such a declaration, it shall be presumed that the applicable law is Maltese Law.