Cap. 16 Art. 244Births, marriages, unions of equivalent status, and deaths in foreign countries.

(1) Any act of birth, marriage, union of equivalent status as defined in the Civil Unions Act or death of a citizen of Malta drawn up or registered in a foreign country by a competent authority in that country, other than an act drawn up or registered under sub-article (l) or sub-article (2) of article 270, may, at the request of any person interested and upon the Director of the Public

Registry being satisfied on the authenticity of such act, be registered in these Islands in the same manner as if it were an act drawn up by any of the persons mentioned in this Title.

(2) The person making the request shall, for the purposes of registration, deliver to the Director the act in respect of which such request is made.