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ECCLESIASTICAL COURTS (CONSTITUTION AND JURISDICTION) [CAP. 1. 1
ECCLESIASTICAL COURTS
(CONSTITUTION AND JURISDICTION) LAW*
A law regulating the constitution and the jurisdiction of the ecclesiastical courts and subjecting all classes of citizens, in temporal matters, to the jurisdiction of the lay tribunals.
10th April, 1828
PROCLAMATION No. V. of 1828, as amended by Legal Notice 46 of
1965; Acts: XXXI of 1966, LVIII of 1974 and XXIV of 1975; Legal Notice
148 of 1975; and Acts I and XXIV of 1995.
(Constitution and Jurisdiction) Law.
3. Documents and Acts of Ecclesiastical Courts where the same may, as provided in article 2 of this law, have civil effect are admissible as proof in the same manner as provided in article 627 of the Code of Organization and Civil Procedure, provided that the same are au th en ti cat e d as p r ov id ed fr om ti me to ti me b y t h e ecclesiastical law regulating such courts.
Repealed by: I. 1995.16.
Repealed by: I. 1995.16.
Repealed by: I. 1995.16.
Title.
Jurisdiction of ecclesiastical courts and judges. Substituted by: I.1995.16.
Documents of Ecclesiastical Courts. Amended by:
L.N. 46 of 1965; XXXI.1966.2;
LVIII.1974.68. Substituted by:
I.1995.16.
Cap. 12.
Courts having spiritual jurisdiction. Amended by:
L.N. 148 of 1975.
Appointment of ecclesiastical judges. Amended by:
L.N. 46 of 1965; XXXI. 1966.3; LVIII. 1974.68; XXIV. 1975.2.
Enforcement of judgments of ecclesiastical courts.
Personal immunity abolished. Amended by:
XXXI. l966.2; XXIV. 1975.2; I.1995.16;
XXIV.1995.360.
*See the Bishop of Gozo (Extension of Privileges) Ordinance (Chapter 15).
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temporal right, or from prosecuting or being prosecuted in the lay court s, in respect of any tem poral offence, or from being in
all other respects whatsoever subject to the jurisdiction of the said courts: provided that such suit, prosecution, or other proceeding
be instituted before a lay court, judge or magistrate, competent in the subject-matter of such suit, prosecution or proceeding.
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