S.L. 233.11 Art. 9Certification.

(1) The appointed registration agent, after having duly completed the declaration modalities and being satisfied of their accuracy and completeness, shall issue a Registration Certificate. The Certificate shall be sequentially and uniquely numbered and on controlled stationery, the use of which has to be restricted to duly authorised staff of the appointed registration agent and of the Appointed Central Registration Certificate Depository only.

(2) The Registration Certificate shall be issued to the applicant against the payment of a registration fee as specified in regulation 13.

(3) The Registration Certificate shall be issued by the appointed registration agent in triplicate: one copy shall be provided to the applicant; one copy is to be retained by the appointed registration agent; and one copy is to be provided to the Appointed Central Registration Certificate Depository.

(4) The Central Bank of Malta is, by means of these regulations, being appointed the Central Registration Certificate Depository.

(5) The triplicate copies of all the Registration Certificates issued by the appointed registration agent during each calendar month shall be sent to the Central Registration Certificate Depository within seven (7) days after the end of that month.

(6) The Registration Certificate is strictly non-transferable.

(7) In the event that a Registration Certificate is lost, defaced or destroyed, the applicant may make a request in writing to the Central Registration Certificate Depository for the issue of a copy of the lost, defaced or destroyed certificate.

(8) Other than by order of a Court, every person, including past and present officers or agents of an appointed registration agent or of the Appointed Central Registration Certificate Depository, shall be bound by the duty of professional secrecy in the exercise of his functions under these regulations and shall not disclose any information contained in the Registration Certificate which may come in his possession in the exercise of his functions under these regulations.