S.L. 55.6 Art. 14Certain registrations in the Land Registry. Amended: L.N. 157 of 2018. Cap. 358.

A notary shall not be responsible for a registration of an immovable made by the Land Registrar in the name of an

Ecclesiastical Entity or of the Government of Malta in terms of the

Ecclesiastical Entities (Properties) Act if, pursuant to an application for its first registration or dealing therewith lodged in the Land Registry by the Joint Office in the name of the Ecclesiastical Entity or of the Government of Malta as the case may be, the Land Registrar registers the immovable or the dealing less than four months prior to the date of publication of the notarial act, notwithstanding that in terms of the aforesaid law the date of registration is deemed to be a date earlier than the date when such application was lodged.