Cap. 9 Art. 419Contents of application for appeal.

(1) Besides the indications common to judicial acts, the application shall, contain -

(a) a brief statement of the facts;

(b) the grounds of the appeal;

(c) a demand that the judgment of the inferior court be reversed or varied.

(2) If the appeal is made by the Attorney General, the application shall, under pain of nullity, be signed by him and shall be filed in the the superior court.

(3) Where the appellant is not the Attorney General, the application shall be signed, under pain of nullity, by an advocate, and shall be filed in the registry of the court which shall have pronounced the judgment appealed from. The registrar shall, within two working days from the receipt of the application, transmit the same to the superior court, together with a copy of the judgment, the notes of the depositions, if any, and the record of the proceedings.

(3A) When the appellant is not the Attorney General, the application shall contain the address where the appellant usually resides at the time of its filing in the registry of the court: Provided that where, in the course of the appeal, the appellant, who is not the Attorney General, changes the address above, he shall inform immediately the court by means of a note filed in the registry of the same court.

(4) In case of appeals from the Court of Magistrates (Gozo), the application, the copy of the judgment, the notes of the depositions, if any, and the record of the proceedings, may be sent by post.