Central Bank Of Malta Act (Cap. 204)

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1. Art. 1 Short title.
2. Art. 2 Interpretation.
3. PART II
4. Art. 3 Establishment of Bank.
5. Art. 4 Objectives.
6. Art. 5 Functions of the Bank.
7. Art. 6 Principal office of Bank.
8. Art. 7 Board of Directors.
9. Art. 8 Governor and DeputyGovernors.
10. Art. 9 Directors other than Governor and DeputyGovernors.
11. Art. 10 Disclosure of interest.
12. Art. 11 Disqualification, resignation and filling of vacancies.
13. Art. 12 Board procedure and quorum.
14. Art. 13 Audit Committee.
15. Art. 14 Staff appointments.
16. Art. 15 Exclusion of liability.
17. Art. 16 Remuneration, etc.
18. Art. 17 Monetary operations and other functions of the Bank.
19. Art. 17A Macro-prudential policy.
20. Art. 17B Joint Financial Stability Board.
21. Art. 18 Transfer of data or information.
22. PART III
23. Art. 19 Capital and Reserves.
24. Art. 20 Audit.
25. Art. 21 Annual accounts.
26. Art. 22 Determination and allocation of profits.
27. PART IV
28. Art. 23 Collection of statisticalandother information.
29. Art. 24 Establishment of Central Credit Register information.
30. Art. 24A Supervisory authority of credit reference agencies.
31. PART V
32. Art. 25 Adviser to Government.
33. Art. 26 Banker to Government.
34. Art. 27 Prohibition of public sector financing.
35. Art. 28 Bank as agent for Government.
36. Art. 29 Information to Minister.
37. PART VI
38. Art. 30 Banker to credit and financial institutions.
39. Art. 31 Other credit and financial institutions as agents.
40. Art. 32 Deposits of credit institutions with Bank.
41. Art. 33 Interest rates of creditandfinancial institutions.
42. PART VII
43. Art. 34 Payment systems.
44. Art. 34A Payment services.
45. Art. 35 Appeals.
46. PART VIII
47. Art. 36 Information, inspection and reporting by the competent authority.
48. Art. 37 Information to competent authority.
49. Art. 38 Confidentiality.
50. PART IX
51. Art. 39 Participation in international and other organisations.
52. Art. 40 Banking services.
53. Art. 41 Disclosure of information.
54. PART X
55. Art. 42 Issue of euro banknotes.
56. Art. 43 Issueofeurocoins.
57. Art. 44 Reference to currency note or coin.
58. Art. 45 Forgery and uttering of currency.
59. Art. 46 Possession of forged notes.
60. Art. 47 Making or having inpossessionpaper or implements for forgery.
61. Art. 48 Mutilation and defacementofeuro banknotes.
62. Art. 49 Coinage offences.
63. Art. 50 Obligation to deliver counterfeit currency notes and coins to the Bank.
64. Art. 50A Power to issue directives on the authenticity and fitness checking of currency notes and coins.
65. Art. 51 Reproduction of euro banknotes.
66. Art. 52 Jurisdiction over offenders outside Malta.
67. Art. 53 Previous convictionsoutside Malta.
68. Art. 54 Compilation of information on counterfeit euro banknotesandeuro coins.
69. Art. 55 Sanctions for medals and tokens similar to euro coins.
70. PART XI
71. Art. 56 Administrative penalties.
72. Art. 57 Recovery of administrative penalties.
73. Art. 58 Bye-laws.
74. Art. 59 Exemption from income tax and duty on documents and transfers.
75. Art. 60 Power to issue regulations.
76. Art. 60A Power to issue, amend and revoke directives.
77. Art. 61 Reference rates.
78. PART XII
79. Art. 62 Notes.
80. Art. 63 Coins.