Cap. 12 Art. 1005Agent of absent litigant, liable to registry fees and costs.

(1) Where the party condemned to pay the fees due to the registry or the costs incurred by the other party was, at the time of the judgment, represented in the proceedings, as absent from Malta, by an agent appointed by him, it shall be lawful for the registrar, and for such other party, to demand payment of such fees or costs, from the said agent, in the same manner as if such agent had been personally and with his principal, condemned to pay in solidum such fees or costs.

(2) The right granted as aforesaid to the registrar and to the party to whom the costs are due, may be exercised notwithstanding that the principal be present in Malta, either before or at the time when payment of such fees or costs is demanded.