Amendments To The Code Of Organisation And Civil Procedure

Certain provisions of the Code of Organisation and Civil Procedure, Chapter 12 of the laws of Malta (“COCP”) have recently been amended by means of Act XXXII of 2021 (the “Act”). The main changes (listed briefly hereunder) are targeted towards the provisions contained under Title 1 of Part 1 of the COCP on ‘the Mode of Procedure by application of appeal'.

The procedural changes which the Act has introduced to the COCP include:

• an extension in the time limit to file a reply from an appeal from twenty (20) to thirty (30) days in terms of Article 144 (1) and Article 226 (COCP);
• the requirement to provide a single address for execution of service of notice about the security of costs relating to an appeal and sentencing in terms of Article 144 (3) (COCP);