Civil Code (Cap. 16), article 239

239. (1) In the Public Registry Of fice in Malta, there shall be registered all acts of birth, marriage and death which shall ha ve taken place in the island of Malta, as well as the acts mention ed in articles 244 and 285; and in the Public Registry Office in Gozo , there shall be registered all act s of birth, marriage and death which shall have taken place in the islands of Gozo and Comino. (2) A copy of an act, registered as provided in sub-article (1) and transmitted to the Director by any electronic means, or any tru e copy thereof, shall be deemed a true and authentic copy for all purp oses of law provided this copy is signe d by the Director receiving it. (3) For the purposes of this article the Director’s signature ma y also be an electronic signature according to the meaning as is assigned to it as defined in Regulation (EU) No. 910/2014 of the Europea n Parliament and of the Council of 23 July 2014 on electronic identification and trust services for electronic transactions i n the internal market, Progressive number, Amended by: XVIII.1938.2.