Arbitration Act (Cap. 387)

Arbitration Act (Cap. 387), article 3

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3. (1) A centre, to be known as the Malta Arbitration Centre, is hereby established for the purposes and with the functions set out by this Act. (2) The Centre shall be a body corporate having a distinct legal personality and, subject to the provisions of this Act, shall be capable of entering into contracts, of acquiring, holding and disposing of any kind of property for the purposes of its functions, of suing and of being sued, and of doing all such things and entering into all such transactions as are incidental or conducive to the exercise or performance of its functions under this Act. (3) Any document purporting to be an instrument made or issued by the Centre and signed by the chairman or such other member of the Board, officer or employee of the Centre as may be set out in a notice issued by the chairman and published in the Gazette, shall be received in evidence and shall, until the contrary is proved, be deemed to be an instrument made or issued by the Centre. Establishment and composition of Board. Amended by: XVIII.1999.3; XXXI. 2002.234; XXII. 2005.91; IX. 2010.3; XII.2021.10.

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