S.L. 12.21 Art. 11Archives.

(1) There shall be one archive for all acts presented in the Registry of the Civil Courts and Tribunals, Malta.

(2) There shall be one archive for all acts presented in the Registry of the Civil Courts and Tribunals, Gozo.

(3) The archive established in terms of sub-regulation (1) shall be placed in Malta whilst the archive established in terms of sub-regulation (2) shall be placed in Gozo so however that each Registrar mentioned in the preceding sub-regulations shall endeavour to have as near as possible to the registry mentioned as aforesaid a section with the more recent archives.

(4) Each archive may be divided into Sections as the Registrar, Civil Courts and Tribunals and the Director, Gozo Courts and Tribunals, as the case may be, may determine.

(5) Each Registrar mentioned in sub-regulation (4) may transfer responsibility of the archives to any person who is officially responsible for maintaining State archives in terms of the

National Archives Act.

(6) Unless otherwise provided by law, the archives shall be

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organised as each Registrar mentioned in sub-regulation (4) may direct, including, but not limited to, providing for the opening hours thereof.

(7) The act deposited in the archives shall be accessible to the public, provided that access to the archives of the Civil Court (Family Section) and the Civil Court (Voluntary Jurisdiction Section) shall, except for any judgment, decree, decision or other document, be restricted to the parties and their advocates or legal procurators, and to any other person who may be so authorised by the judge or magistrate, as the case may be.

(8) The following fees shall be levied for copies of acts kept in the archives:

(a) for every non-authenticated photocopy, for every page ....................................... €0.23

(b) for every authenticated photocopy, for every page ............................................ €0.58