Code of Organization and Civil Procedure (Cap. 12)
Code of Organization and Civil Procedure (Cap. 12), article 744
744. The provisions of the last preceding article shall apply
also in the case where the counter-claim may not, for other reasons,
be set up before the court before which the original action has been
brought; in such case, the claim of the defendant, if connected with
the subject of the action of the plaintiff on any of the grounds
m en tioned in article 396, may be bro ught before an y other
competent court in Malta.
Rules as to
jurisdiction
between the
several courts of
Malta.
Amended by:
XLVI.1973.108;
XXII.1976.4;
XXIV.1995.286;
XXIII.2017.26;
XXXIV.2025.4.
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