Cap. 380 · Small Claims Tribunal Act (Cap. 380)
Cap. 380 ст. 10Costs and enforcement.
(1) In any award the adjudicator shall determine the costs that any of the parties is to bear. Unless special circumstances otherwise warrant the losing party shall be ordered to pay the costs of the party in whose favour the decision is awarded.
(2) Costs shall be limited to actual expenses directly made in connection with the case by the party in whose favour the payment of costs is awarded.
(3) In the case of a vexatious or frivolous claim the Tribunal may order the claimant to pay to the defendant a penalty of not more than two hundred and thirty-two euro and ninety-four cents (232.94), which penalty shall be due as a civil debt.
(4) A decision of the Tribunal which has become res judicata may be enforced, depending on the residence of the person against whom enforcement is sought, by the Court of Magistrates (Malta) or by the Court of Magistrates (Gozo), as if the decision was a judgment of the respective court.
История изменений
- Amended by L.N. 425 of 2007