Civil Code (Cap. 16), article 238

238. (1) In the Public Registry Office in Malta and in Gozo, there shall be kept five registe r books: one for the registrati on of acts of birth, one for the registration of acts of marriage, an other for the registration of civil unions , another for the registration of acts of death, and the fifth for the registration of the deeds of cohabitation. (2) Each volume of such registers shall be numbered from the first to the last page. The last page of each volume shall cont ain a statement as to the total number of its pages; such statement s hall be signed by the Director of the Public Registry. Registrations in the office of Malta or Gozo. Amended by: XXXVII.1975.23; XXII.1976.4; XII.1986.3; III.1994.4; XV .2012.11; XLIII.2018.3.