Cap. 442 ст. 109Disputes.

If any dispute concerning the constitution of a society, the election of its officers or the conduct of its general meetings, or the management or business of the society, arises -

(a) among members, past members and persons claiming through members, past members and deceased members; or

(b) between a member, past member or deceased member, and the society, its committee of management, its supervisory board, or any officer of the society; or

(c) between the society or its committee of management or its supervisory board and any officer of the society; or

(d) between a society and any other society; or

(e) on the basis of a claim by a society for any debt or any other dues from a member, a past member or the heirs of a deceased member, whether such debt or other dues are admitted or not; or

(f) any dispute arising out of the interpretation of the statute of a society, or of any rule thereof, then such dispute may, and if provided in the statute of a society or if agreed to by the parties involved in the dispute shall, be submitted to arbitration by an arbitrator appointed by the Chairman of the Malta Arbitration Centre:

(a) a society or an officer or member thereof wilfully neglects or refuses to do any act or furnish any information required for the purposes of this Act by the Board or by any person duly authorised in that behalf by the Board; or

(b) a society or an officer or member thereof wilfully makes a false return or furnishes false information; or

(c) any person wilfully or without reasonable excuse disobeys any summons, requisition or lawful written order issued under the provisions of this Act, or does not furnish any information lawfully required from him by a person authorised to do so under the provisions of this Act; or

(d) any person acts or purports to act as a member of a committee of management or supervisory board when not entitled to do so; or

(e) a society or an officer or member thereof, wilfully performs any act which requires the consent or approval of the Board without first having obtained such consent or approval; or

(f) a society or an officer or member thereof wilfully omits to do or to cause to be done an act or thing which is required by or under this Act to be done or to be caused to be done; or

(g) a society or an officer or member thereof wilfully does or causes to be done any act or thing prohibited by or under this Act.

(2) Every society, officer or member of a society or other person found guilty of an offence under this article shall, on conviction, be liable to a fine (multa) not exceeding four thousand and six hundred and fifty-eight euro and seventy-five cents (4,658.75), in the case of a continuing offence, to a further fine (multa) not exceeding forty-six euro and fifty-nine cents (46.59) for each day during which the offence continues.