S.L. 61.2 Art. 12Completion of application forms. Re-numbered by: L.N. 111 of 2011.

Applications required by these regulations must be made on the printed forms supplied by the passport officer for the purpose, and must, before delivery to the passport officer, be completed in every particular, and in accordance with every note, mark or direction in any part thereof, or in any marginal note appearing thereon:

Provided that and without prejudice to these regulations, the passport officer may also, in the case of an application for the issuance of a diplomatic passport, receive the said application in an electronic format through an electronic portal created for this purpose, by means of a Form, known as Form A, which can be signed manually or electronically in terms of Regulation (EU) No 910/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 July 2014 on electronic identification and trust services for electronic transactions in the internal market and repealing Directive 1999/93/EC:

Provided further that the application for the issuance of a diplomatic passport submitted through the electronic portal created for this purpose, may also be completed electronically and without the necessity to be completed in the handwriting of any of the persons mentioned in regulation 3.