Code of Organization and Civil Procedure (Cap. 12)
Code of Organization and Civil Procedure (Cap. 12), article 768
768. (1) Where the number of the defendants residing in Malta
exceeds that of the defendants residing in the Islands of Gozo and
Comino, each of the defendants residing in Malta may deny the
jurisdiction of the court of Gozo; and where the number of the
defendants residing in the Islan ds of Gozo and Comino exceeds t hat
of the defendants resi ding in Malta, each o f the defendants res iding
in Gozo or Comino may deny the j urisdiction of the court of Mal ta.
(2) Where the jurisdiction of a court is denied by one of the
parties, such court shall cease to have jurisdiction in regard to all
the parties.
CODE OF ORGANIZATION AND CIVIL PROCEDURE [CAP. 12. 211
Cessation of
privilegium fori,
where number of
defendants residing
in Malta is equal to
the number of
defendants residing
in Gozo and
Comino,
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