Civil Code (Cap. 16)
Civil Code (Cap. 16), article 661
661. (1) Any notary who acts in contravention of the provision
of the last preceding article shall, upon civil proceedings instituted
at the suit of the State Advocate, be condemned to interdiction from
his office for a period not exceeding two years, or to a fine (multa)
of not less than two hundred and thirty-two euro and ninety-four
cents (232.94), nor exceeding two thousand and three hundred and
twenty-nine euro and thirty-seven cents (2,329.37).
(2) The provisions of this article shall not supersede the
provisions of the Criminal Code, where the facts constitute an
offence under that Code.
Note of particulars
prescribed by Code
of Org. and Civ.
Proc. to be
equivalent to act of
delivery.
Amended by:
XVIII.2004.78.
Cap. 12.
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