S.L. 254.1 Art. 37Compulsory registration.

(1) If any postal article having written or impressed on it or on its envelope or cover the word "registered", or any other word, phrase or mark conveying the impression that the postal article is registered or is intended to be registered, is found in the post or is left at a post office, it shall then be registered.

(2) A postal article shall be registered if it contains one or more of the following:

(a) any uncrossed money order or postal order in which the name of the payee has not been inserted, or

(b) any cheque or dividend warrant which is uncrossed and payable to bearer, or

(c) any bearer security, or

(d) any bank note, currency note or coin being current in Malta or elsewhere, or

(e) any unobliterated postage stamps of a total value of eleven euros and sixty cents (11.60) or over, or

(f) any paper money as is mentioned in paragraphs (d), (e) and (f) of the definition of "paper money" in regulation 2, or

(g) platinum, gold or silver, whether or not manufactured, precious stones and other valuable articles.