S.L. 56.2 Art. 2Making of duplicate notes.

(1) It shall be the duty of the Director of the Public

Registry to make duplicate notes of any original notes for the registration of any cause of preference among creditors, notes of reference or notes of enrolment deposited in the Public Registry in Malta or in the Public Registry in Gozo, where the original note has been lost, destroyed or damaged and to make a new register in substitution of any register lost, destroyed or damaged.

(2) The making of the duplicate notes and new registers shall be compiled by making reference to the respective register and original note, as the case may be, kept in the Public Registry or by reference to the relative deed, and reproducing the relevant information therein contained on the duplicate note or new register, as the case may be.

(3) The duplicate notes or new registers may be made by the process of microfilming, which shall be carried out on the premises of the Public Registry in Malta and in Gozo and under the supervision of the pertinent director of that registry.