Cap. 179 Art. 4Claims to the Board.

(1) Notwithstanding anything contained in the Act or in the Ordinance, a person who claims to be the owner of any property movable or immovable administered by the Custodian, shall, not later than the 31st December, 2002, submit a claim to the Custodian showing that he is the enemy on whose behalf the property is managed or a person claiming under him.

(2) There shall be a board (hereafter referred to as the Board) composed of the Custodian, who shall be chairman, and representatives of the Lands Authority, the Accountant General, the Permanent Secretary at the Ministry responsible for Foreign Affairs, and the Auditor General, which shall examine all the claims made under sub-article (1) and decide thereon.

(3) The decision of the Board shall be served on the claimant by a judicial act, and may be appealed by application before the Administrative Review Tribunal established in terms of article 5 of the Administrative Justice Act and the provision of this Act shall apply to such an appeal.

(4) Where the Board or the Administrative Review Tribunal or the Court of Appeal, as the case may be, decide in favour of the claimant the Custodian shall be entitled to deliver the property to the claimant after deducting therefrom the fees and expenses incurred by the Custodian in the administration of the property and its handing over.

(5) The Prime Minister may by regulations establish the fees that may be payable in connection with claims before the Board.

(6) The Board shall regulate its own proceedings, it shall however ensure the claimant shall have adequate opportunity to set out his claim in writing or orally as the Board may determine.

(7) With effect from the 1st day of January, 2003, any property administered by the Custodian in respect of which no claim has the said property shall be registered at the Land Registry in the name of the Government of Malta with absolute title in regard to whosoever had a right to submit a claim under this article, but with possessory title in regard to other third parties.

(8) The property to which this article refers shall be that listed in the Schedule to this Act.

Theatre Street, Valletta

Paul’s Building, West Street, Valletta (often recorded as 43J/4)

Filomena Fauci account (Italian)

Tal-In[inier, Delimara, as indicated on the site plan number 1, attached to

Ta`-~awla, Marsascala, as indicated on the site plan number 2, attached to

Fwieli, |abbar, as indicated on the site plan number 3, attached to this

Bi``ieni Street, |abbar.