S.L. 12.20 Art. 14Transitory provision.

The section of the Court which, in accordance with these Regulations and in accordance with the Civil Courts (Establishment of Sections) Order, is, according to the nature of the same and according to the territorial jurisdiction of the Court, to take cognizance of any act, application or sworn application, shall on the coming into force of these regulations take cognizance of those acts, applications or sworn applications that immediately before the coming into force of these Regulations or that Order were pending before the First Hall of the Civil Court, the Second Hall of the Civil Court and the Court of Magistrates (Gozo) (Superior Jurisdiction), and this according to the jurisdiction of each of those sections in accordance with these Regulations and that Order, so however that notwithstanding anything in these Regulations or that Order, the procedures to be followed in respect of each act, application or sworn application filed before the date of the coming into force of these Regulations or of that Order, the procedures to be followed in respect of each act, application or sworn application filed before the date of the coming into force of these Regulations or of that Order, shall be that in force immediately before that date.