Civil Code (Cap. 16), article 244

244. (1) Any act of birth, marriage, union of equivalent status as defined in the Civil Unions Act or death of a citizen of Malta drawn up or registered in a foreign country by a competent authority in that country, other than an act drawn up or registered under sub-article (l) or sub-article (2) of article 270, may, a t the request of any person interested and upon the Director of the P ublic Registry being satisfied on the authenticity of such act, be registered in these Islands in the same manner as if it were an act drawn up by any of the perso ns mentioned in this Title. (2) The person making the request shall, for the purposes of registration, deliver to the Dir ector the act in respect of whi ch such request is made. How registrations are made. Amended by: XXI.1933.1; XX.1934.2