Cap. 16 Art. 238Registers.

(1) In the Public Registry Office in Malta and in Gozo, there shall be kept five register books: one for the registration of acts of birth, one for the registration of acts of marriage, another for the registration of civil unions , another for the registration of acts of death, and the fifth for the registration of the deeds of cohabitation.

(2) Each volume of such registers shall be numbered from the first to the last page. The last page of each volume shall contain a statement as to the total number of its pages; such statement shall be signed by the Director of the Public Registry.