Code of Organization and Civil Procedure (Cap. 12)
Code of Organization and Civil Procedure (Cap. 12), article 253
253. The following are executive titles:
(a) judgments and decrees of the courts of justice of
Malta;
(b) contracts received before a notary public in Malta, or
before any other public off icer authorised to receive
the same where the contract is in respect of a debt
certain, liquidated and due, and not consisting in the
performance of an act;
(c) taxed bills of judicial fees and disbursements, issued in
favour of the Registrar, any advocate, legal procurator,
notary public, perit, judicial referee or witness, unless
such taxed bills are im pugned according to law;
(d) awards of arbitrators registered with the Malta
Arbitration Centre;
Cap. 13.
(e) bills of exchange and promi ssory notes issued in terms
of the Commercial Code :
Cap. 13.
Provided that the court which is competent
according to the value of the bill of exchange or
promissory note may, by decree which shall not be
subject to appeal, suspend the execution of such a bill
of exchange or promissory note in whole or in part and
with or without security, upon an application of the
person opposing the execution of such bill of exchange
or promissory note, to be filed within twenty days
from the service of the judicial letter sent for the
purpose of rendering the same bill of exchange or
promissory note executable, on the grounds that the
signature on the said bill of exchange or promissory
note is not that of the said person or of his mandatory
or where such person brings forward grave and valid
reasons to oppose the said execution and in such case
any person demanding the payment of the bill of
exchange or promissory note shall file an action
according to the pro visions of the Commercial Code .
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The judicial letter re ferred to above in this
proviso shall, under pain of nullity, notify the debtor of
the right given to him by this proviso;
Cap. 474.
(f) mediation agreements made enforceable by the parties
thereto in accordance with the provisions of the
Mediation Act ;
(g) decisions of the Consumer Claims Tribunal;
Cap. 555.
(h) decisions and awards of the Arbiter for Financial
Services in accordance with the provisions of the
Arbiter for Financial Services Act .
(i) Decisions of the Adjudicating Panel for Private
Residential Leases;
(j) uniform instrument permitting enforcement in
accordance with Council Directive 2010/24/EU of 16
March 2010 concerning mutual assistance for the
recovery of claims relating to taxes, duties and other
measures.
Judgments
ordering release
from imprisonment
for debt to be
enforceable
immediately.
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