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SUBSIDIARY LEGISLATION 16.17
CIVIL CODE (SECOND SCHEDULE)
(REGISTER OF BENEFICIAL OWNERS – 
ASSOCIATIONS) REGULATIONS 
20th February, 2020
LEGAL NOTICE 24 of 2020, as amended by Act XLVII of 2020.
Citation. 1. (1) The title of these regulations is the Civil Code
(Second Schedule) (Register of Beneficial Owners - Associations )
Regulations.
Scope. (2) The purpose of these regul ations is to transpose the
relevant provisions of Directiv e (EU) 2018/843 of the European
Parliament and of the Council of 30 May 2018 amending Directive(EU) 2015/849 on the prevention of  the use of the financial sys tem for
the purposes of money laundering o r terrorist financing, and am ending
Directives 2009/138/EC and 2013/36/EU and this in relation toinformation about the beneficial owners of associations establi shed
and, or registered under the la ws of Malta, and these regulatio ns shall
be interpreted and applied accordingly.
Applicability. 
S.L. 16.16.(3) These regulations shall be without prejudice to the
validity or effectiveness of anything done in terms of the Civi l Code
(Second Schedule) (Register of Beneficial Owners - Associations )
Regulations, and, to the extent  necessary, such provisions shal l
continue to apply until these re gulations shall come into force .
Interpretation.
Amended by:XLVII.2020.10.2. (1) In these regulations, unless the context otherwise
requires:
"administrator" means the person, under whatever designation
he may operate, who is designate d as such in the statute of the
association, and who agrees in writing to so act, and when ther e are
changes in such offi ce, shall refer to:
(a) in the case of registered associations, those
persons who are designated as such in the relevant noticesubmitted to the Registrar for Legal Persons or any otherrelevant registrar, commissioner, board or authority in terms o f
any special law, and who ag ree in writing to so act;
(b) in the case of associations which are not
registered, those persons who a re designated as such in the
resolution appointing the same, and who agree in writing to soact; and
(c) where the administrator is a legal organisation, the
persons appointed to act as direc tors of such legal organisatio n,
or the equivalent, if designate d under any other name, and who
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agree in writing to so act,
and this, for as long as they continue to occupy such office an d whether
resident in Malta or otherwise and for the avoidance of doubt, in the
event that an association has ap pointed a liquidator in the pro cess of its
winding up, such liquidator shall have the same duties of admin istrators
under these regulations:
Provided that a reference to an administrator of an
association with respect to carrying out any act or signing a d ocument,
shall be deemed to include any person who is engaged or to whom  such
function has been delegated in writing by the association, the legal
organisation or the relevant administrator or director who shal l be
deemed to have the authority to de legate such powers in virtue hereof;
"association" is an organisation,  other than those referred to in
sub-regulation (3) of regulation 3, with defined aims or purpos es to be
achieved through the dedication of efforts and resources by thefounding associates and others who may join voluntarily, thepatrimony, namely assets and lia bilities, if any, of the associ ation being
distinct from that of its members, its administrators or anybeneficiaries, and which is established by an agreement between  a
minimum of two persons in the case of a private benefit organis ation
and a minimum of three persons in the case of a public benefitorganisation;
S.L. 373.01."beneficial owner" shall have the meaning assigned to it under
the Prevention of Money Laundering and Funding of TerrorismRegulations as specifically applicable to associations and "ben eficial
ownership" shall be construed accordingly, and for the purposes  o f
these regulations shall refer to (a) members and (b) relevant p ersons as
the case may be;
"Directive" means Directive (EU) 2018/843 of the European
Parliament and of the Council of  30 May 2018 amending Directive
(EU) 2015/849 on the prevention of the use of the financial sys tem for
the purposes of money laundering or terrorist financing and ame nding
Directives 2009/138/EC and 2013/36/EU;
"director" means the administrator of any type of legal
organisation under whatever name such office may be designated in
any relevant special law:
Provided that any reference to a director of a legal
organisation with respect to carrying out any act or signing a document,
shall be deemed to include any person who is engaged or to whom  such
function has been delegated in writing by the association, the legal
organisation or the relevant administrator or director who shal l be
deemed to have the authority to de legate such powers in virtue hereof;
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Cap. 373."Financial Intelligence Analysis Unit" means the Unit
established under the Preven tion of Money Laundering Act;
"Minister" means the Minister re sponsible for the registration of
limited liability companies and commercial partnerships;
"Register of Beneficial Own e r s "  m e a n s  t h e  R e g i s t e r  o f
Beneficial Owners - Associations established and maintained by the
Registrar for Legal Persons in terms of these regulations;
"register of beneficial owners - members" and "register of
beneficial owners - relevant per s o n s "  m e a n  t h e  r e g i s t e r s  e s t a b l ished
and maintained by an association as required in regulation 4; 
"register of legal persons" mean s the main register administere d
by the Registrar for Legal Persons in accordance with the Secon d
Schedule;
"relevant persons" means:
(a) the administrators;
(b) the protector or members of a supervisory council,
if any; and
(c) any other natural person exercising ultimate and
effective control over the association by means of direct orindirect ownership or by other means including any person(other than those already referre d to in paragraphs (a) and (b)  of
this definition) whose consent is to be obtained or whosedirection is binding, in terms of the statute of the associatio n or
any other instrument in writing , for material actions to be tak en
within the association;
and for the purposes o f paragraph (c) above:
(i) members who are entitled to act in general
meetings or equivalent and act on the basis ofpercentages of interests s hall not be considered to be
relevant persons;
(ii) when reference is made to a senior
managing official on the basis of his post in the statedoffice and not on the basis of his ownership or the controlexercised over the association by other means, then thisshould be stated clearly and visibly in the register ofbeneficial owners - relevant persons; and 
(iii) the term "material actions" means the
following actions, or any other actions achieving thesame result, taken by relevant persons:
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(aa) the amendment of the statute;
(bb) the appointment or removal of
administrators or protectors or members of thesupervisory council;
(cc) the acceptance of new members or
the removal of members or any increase orreduction in ownership interests, or any actionaffecting the entitlement of a member;
(dd) the continuation of the association in
another country;
(ee) the assignment or transfer of all or
the majority of the assets  of the association; or
(ff) the termination of the association;
Cap. 16. "Second Schedule" means the Second Schedule to the Civil
Code; 
Cap. 16. "special law'' means an Act of Parliament or a part of the Civi l
Code which regulates a partic ular type of association; 
Cap. 373."subject person" means a subje ct person in terms of the
Prevention of Money Laundering Ac t and applicable regulations.
Cap. 373.(2) Unless otherwise stated or the context otherwise requires,
terms and expressions used in the se regulations shall have the meaning
attributed to them in the Sec ond Schedule, any relevant special  law, the
Prevention of Money Laundering Act and regulations made thereun der
and in the Directive, as the context may require.
Applicability of 
these regulations.Amended by:
XLVII.2020.11.3. (1) Subject to the exclusions stated in sub-regulation
(3), these regulations shall appl y to all associations whether established
for a private interest, benefit or purpose or for the achieveme nt of a
s o c i a l  a n d ,  o r  p u b l i c  b e n e f i t  o r  o t h e r  l a w f u l  p u r p o s e ,  a n d  t h i s ,
irrespective of whether they are registered or not with the Reg istrar for
Legal Persons in terms of the S econd Schedule or applicable
regulations or with any other registrar, commissioner, board orauthority in terms of any special law and includes civil partne rships,
co-operative societies, sports o rganisations and voluntary orga nisations
in the form of associations.
(2) Associations established for a private benefit are those
referred to in article 48 of the  Second Schedule and those esta blished
for a public benefit are those referred to in article 48A of th e Second
Schedule.
(3) These regulations  shall not apply to:
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Cap. 386.(a) any association of persons which is regulated by
the Companies Act;
Cap. 398.(b) any association which is established as a
condominium association in accordance with the CondominiumAct;
(c) any association which is a trade union or an
employers’ association;
(d) any other type of associ ation not referred to above
which the Minister, in consultation with the Ministerresponsible for finance, may by notice designate.
Associations to 
obtain and keep 
record of beneficial owners.4. (1) Every association shall ta ke all reasonable steps to
obtain and at all times hold adequate, accurate and up-to-dateinformation in respect of its ben eficial owners, including the details of
the beneficial interests held, which shall at least include the  following
particulars: 
(a) the name, the nationality, the country of residence,
the date of birth or in the case of a legal organisation the da te of
establishment or of registration, and an official identificatio n
document number indicating the type of document and thecountry of issue;
(b) the effective date when any person became or
ceased to be a member, the natur e and extent of the beneficial
interest held by such member and changes thereto, includingthe effective date on which his interest in the association hasincreased or been reduced, if  such changes take place;
(c) the role of the relevant person in relation to the
association in terms of paragraphs (a) to (c) of the definition"relevant person" in regulation 2(1) and the effective date onwhich a person became, or ceased to be, a relevant person of th e
association:
Provided that for the purposes of the said paragraph (c),
when reference is made to a senior managing official on thebasis of his post in the stated office and not on the basis of his
ownership or the control exercised over the association by othe r
means, then this should be stated clearly and visibly in theregister of beneficial owners – relevant persons.
(2) Any person who has reasonable cause to believe that he
is a beneficial owner of an association shall be bound to provi de the
information required under sub-regulation (1) to the associatio n
without delay:
Provided that, without prej udice to the aforesaid, the
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association shall obtain the information required under sub-reg ulation
(1) from the beneficial owners of the association and, or from any
natural person whom it has reas o n a b l e  c a u s e  t o  b e l i e v e  t o  b e  a
beneficial owner, who shall be  bound to provide the said inform ation to
the association within a reasonable time of being requested, no t being
in excess of fourteen (14) days, and every beneficial owner whoacquires, disposes of, increases o r reduces his beneficial inte rest in the
association or whose interest is disposed of, increased or redu ced
through an action of the administrators of the association or o f any
other person having powers to do so under the statute of theassociation, and every person who is appointed or ceases to be or to
carry out the role of a relevant person within the association shall be
bound to provide the said information to the association within  fourteen
(14) days of such event taking place:
Provided further that, in cases where a member is a legal
organisation or a fiduciary or other intermediary, information shall be
obtained with reference to the natural person who is the ultima te
beneficial owner thereof.
(3) Such information shall be verified by the association on
the basis of documents, data or information obtained from a rel iable
source and the association shall not enter the name of any bene ficial
owner in the register of benefic ial owners - members, or the re gister of
beneficial owners - relevant persons, unless it has reasonablyconfirmed the accuracy of the information. The association shal l also
ensure that it obtains declarations confirming that the benefic ial owner
is not an intermediary, such as an agent, mandatory or trustee,  f o r
another person, and, if so, the association shall also obtain i nformation
on the natural person who is the principal or beneficiary of su ch
intermediary. 
Any information contained in the statute of an association, a
power of attorney, an engagement or instruction letter delivere d to the
Registrar for Legal Persons and any document or notice register ed with
the Registrar for Legal Persons o r any other relevant registrar ,
commissioner, board or authority in terms of any special law, a t any
time or any other official document shall be deemed to be suffi ciently
reliable for the purposes of carrying out the duties under thisregulation.
(4) Every association shall ente r the information referred to
in sub-regulation (1) in:
(a) a register of beneficial owners - members, which
shall contain such information about the members of theassociation; or
(b) a register of beneficial owners - relevant persons,
which shall contain such information about the persons
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mentioned in paragraphs (a) to (c) of the definition "relevant
persons" in these regulations, 
as the case may be, which regist ers shall be kept and maintaine d by the
association, or its delegates, at the registered address of the  association
or at such other place as may be specified in the statute of th e
association.
(5) Unless an association has obtained, as may be applicable,
information on the underlying beneficial ownership and unless i t has
carried out the verifications r equired by these regulations, it  shall not:
(a) enter the name of a new member or any changes
to the voting rights or ownership interests in the register ofmembers of the association or the  register of beneficial owners
- members; or
(b) enter the name of a relevant person or any changes
thereto in the register of beneficial owners - relevant persons ; or
(c) notify the Registra r for Legal Persons in
compliance with the Second Schedule or any other relevantregistrar, commissioner, board or authority in terms of anyspecial law when required upon an event taking place. 
Cap. 586.( 6 ) B e n e f i c i a l  o w n e r s  w h o  a r e  n a t u r a l  p e r s o n s  a n d  w h o s e
personal data is held in the register of beneficial owners - me mbers
and, or register of beneficial owners - relevant persons under these
regulations shall be informed of such fact, together with infor mation
about their rights, and the proc edures applicable for exercisin g those
rights under the Data Protection Act and any regulations madethereunder, by the relevant association within thirty (30) days  of the
association submitting such information to the Registrar for Le gal
Persons as required unde r these regulations.
(7) Any person who is a beneficial owner of an association
has a right of access to any information relating to himself in  t h e
relevant register held by such a ssociation within a reasonable period
not exceeding thirty (30) days after he makes a request in writ ing to
this effect to the association.
(8) If default is made in complying with the provisions of
sub-regulations (1) or (2), as th e case may be, of this regulat ion: 
(a) the association and every administrator of the
association who is in default shall be jointly and severally li able
to a penalty, and, for every day during which the defaultcontinues, to a further penalty: 
Provided that the association and the
administrators of the associati on shall not be liable if they h ad
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exercised all due diligence to comply with the provisions of th is
regulation and the default was not due to any negligent act oromission on their part; and
(b) every member or any person referred to in
paragraphs (b) or (c) of the def inition relevant person who is in
default, without valid excuse, shall be liable to a penalty and , for
every day during which the defa ult continues, to a further
penalty.
(9) Nothing in this regulation shall have any effect on the
obligation of any association to establish and maintain a regis ter of
members referred to in article 51 of the Second Schedule or theequivalent referred to in other special laws which may be appli cable to
any particular type of association.
(10) The administrators of an association shall retain the
information in respect of its beneficial owners including the d etails of
the beneficial interests held in terms of these regulations for  ten (10)
years and this, from the date on which:
(a) the grounds for registering the beneficial
ownership information have ceased to exist; or
(b) the association has been struck off from the
Register of Legal Persons or, if the association is not registe red
in terms of the Second Schedule or applicable regulations, fromthe date on which the certified copy of the winding up resoluti on
is delivered to the Registrar of  Legal Persons in accordance wi th
article 59 of the S econd Schedule; or
(c) there is the termination of registration in case of
the continuation of the association in another country inaccordance with article 22A of the Second Schedule,
whichever is the earlier.
Associations 
established before 
30th June 2019.5. (1) Where an association has been established prior to
30th June 2019, irrespective of w hether this is registered or n ot with the
Registrar for Legal Persons in terms of the Second Schedule orapplicable regulations or with any other registrar, commissione r, board
or authority in terms of any special law, there shall be delive red to the
Registrar for Legal Persons by 30
th June, 2019 a declaration, in the
prescribed form, signed by one o f the administrators of the ass ociation,
containing adequate, accurate a nd up-to-date information in acc ordance
with regulation 4 on all the ben eficial owners of the associati on. Where
the administrator is a body corporate, such declaration shall b e signed
by one director thereof:
Provided that if the association is not registered with the
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Registrar for Legal Persons in terms of the Second Schedule or
applicable regulations, there shall also be delivered to the Re gistrar for
Legal Persons by the aforementioned date, together with theaforementioned declaration, an au thenticated copy of the statut e of the
association.
(2) An association referred to in this regulation shall not be
registered, if the association is  not registered and, in any ca se all
relative forms and documents, shall not be registered in accord ance
with the Second Schedule and applicable special laws unless theRegistrar for Legal Persons is satisfied that the requirements of this
regulation have also been comp lied with, and this, notwithstand ing the
maximum date for compliance stat ed in the preceding sub-regulat ion.
Associations 
established on or 
after 1st July 2019 
up to the date of 
coming into force of these 
regulations.6. (1) Any association which is established on or after
1st July 2019 until the coming into force of these regulations,
irrespective of whether this is registered or not with the Regi strar for
Legal Persons in terms of the  Second Schedule or applicable
regulations or with any other registrar, commissioner, board orauthority in terms of any special law, shall comply with theseregulations within three (3) months of the coming into force of  these
regulations and there shall be delivered to the Registrar for L egal
Persons within such time period a declaration in the prescribed  form,
signed by one of the administrators of the association containi ng
adequate, accurate and up-to-dat e information in accordance wit h
regulation 4 on all the benefici al owners of the association. W here the
administrator is a body corporate,  such declaration shall be si gned by
one director thereof:
Provided that if the association is not registered with the
Registrar for Legal Persons in terms of the Second Schedule orapplicable regulations, there shall also be delivered to the Re gistrar for
Legal Persons by the aforementioned period of time, together wi th the
aforementioned declaration, an au thenticated copy of the statut e of the
association.
(2) With reference to an association referred to in sub-
regulation (1):
(a) in the case of an association which is not
registered with the Registrar for Legal Persons in terms of theSecond Schedule or applicable regulations or with any otherregistrar, commissioner, board or authority in terms of anyspecial law, the association shall comply with these regulation s
before it commences activities notwithstanding the date for
compliance stated in sub-regulation (1); and 
(b) in the case of an association which seeks
registration with the Registrar for Legal Persons in terms of t he
Second Schedule or applicable regulations or with any other
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registrar, commissioner, board or authority in terms of anyspecial law, the association sh all not commence activities and
the association and all relative documents, shall not beregistered in accordance with the applicable special laws unles s
the Registrar for Legal Persons i s satisfied that the requireme nts
of these regulations have also been complied with and this,notwithstanding the date for com pliance stated in sub-regulatio n
(1).
Associations 
established after 
the coming into force of these 
regulations. (3) Any association which is established after the coming into
force of these regulations, irre spective of whether this is to be
registered or not with the Registrar for Legal Persons in terms  of the
Second Schedule or applicable regulations or with any other reg istrar,
commissioner, board or authority in terms of any special law, s hall
comply with these regulations within three (3) months of the da te of its
establishment and there shall be delivered to the Registrar for  Legal
Persons within such time period:
(a) a declaration in the prescribed form, signed by one
of the administrators of the association containing adequate,accurate and up-to-date information in accordance withregulation 4 on all the benefici al owners of the association.
Where the administrator is a body corporate, such declarationshall be signed by one d irector thereof; and 
(b) if the association is not registered within the
Registrar for Legal Persons in terms of the Second Schedule orapplicable regulations, there shall also be delivered to the
Registrar for Legal Persons, within the aforementioned timeperiod, together with the aforementioned declaration, anauthenticated copy of the statute of the association.
(4) With reference to an association referred to in sub-
regulation (3):
(a) in the case of an association which is not registered
w i t h  t h e  R e g i s t r a r  f o r  L e g a l  P e r s o n s  i n  t e r m s  o f  t h e  S e c o n dSchedule or applicable regulations  or with any other registrar,
commissioner, board or authority in terms of any special law, t he
association shall comply with these regulations before itcommences activities; and
(b) in the case of an association which seeks
registration with the Registrar for Legal Persons in terms of t he
Second Schedule or applicable r egulations or with any other
registrar, commissioner, board or authority in terms of anyspecial law, the association sh all not commence activities and
the association and all relative documents, shall not beregistered in accordance with the applicable special law unlessthe Registrar for Legal Persons i s satisfied that the requireme nts
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of this regulation have a lso been complied with. 
Rules applicable to 
all cases for regulations 5 and 
6.(5) (a) Any personal data submitted to the Registrar for
Legal Persons under these regula tions, shall be current and sha ll
correspond to the actual beneficial owners of the association o n the
date of submission.
(b) On a continuing basis, if the association is
registered, the Registrar for Le gal Persons, or where the regis tration
has taken place under a special law, the relevant registrar,commissioner, board or authority, shall not proceed with theregistration of any registerable forms or documents of the asso ciation
delivered to him in accordance with any applicable special law,  unless
the Registrar for Legal Persons is satisfied that the requireme nts of
these regulations have been complied with. 
For the purpose of t hese regulations:
(i) the relevant registrars, commissioners, boards or
authority shall co-ordinate their activities with the Registrar  for
Legal Persons in accordance with guidelines issued by him onsuch matters from time to time; and
(ii) the relevant registrar, commissioner, board or
authority shall notify any association for which a submission i s
refused due to non-compliance with these regulations of thereasons for refusal.
(6) In case of default of compliance with regulation 5(1),
6(1) and 6(3), the association and every administrator of theassociation who is in default shall be jointly and severally li able to a
penalty, and, for every day during which the default continues,  t o  a
further penalty: 
Provided that the association and the administrators of
the association shall not be liable if they had exercised all d ue
diligence to comply with the provisions of these regulations an d the
default was not due to any neglig ent act or omission on their p art.
Online registration. (7) The Registrar for Legal Persons shall be entitled to
require online registration of any documents or forms submitted  to him
in accordance with these regulations, and to establish the rule s and
procedures relative thereto in guidelines which he may issue fo r this
purpose. 
Register of 
Beneficial Owners.7. (1) The information on the beneficial owners of every
association provided to the Regis trar for Legal Persons in acco rdance
with these regulations shall be entered and held by the Registr ar for
Legal Persons in a Register of Be neficial Owners kept for this purpose,
which register may be in electronic format.
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(2) Documents required to be de livered to the Registrar for
Legal Persons under any of the provisions of these regulations shall not
form part of, nor be registered in, the main Register of Legal Persons
administered by the Registrar for Legal Persons under the Secon d
Schedule and the information on t he beneficial owners of every
association provided to the Regis trar for Legal Persons in acco rdance
with these regulations shall be entered and held by the Registr ar for
Legal Persons only in the Register of Beneficial Owners kept by  the
Registrar for Legal Persons for this purpose.
(3) The Register of Beneficia l Owners shall be accessible
only to such persons, under such conditions and in accordance w ith
such procedures as are set out in these regulations. For the av oidance of
doubt, in case of conflict regarding accessibility between any special
law governing a particular legal  form of association, including  t h e
Second Schedule, and these regula tions, these regulations shall  prevail
over the provisions of any special law in so far the Register o f
Beneficial Owners is concerned.
(4) The information provided by an association in terms of
these regulations shall be deemed to be sufficiently reliable f or the
Registrar for Legal Persons to proceed with the registration or  relevant
action; however, he may demand any additional or updated inform ation
to verify that an association is at any time complying with its  duti es
under these regulations.
Notice of change in 
beneficial owners to the Registrar for 
Legal Persons.8. (1) The information held in the Register of Beneficial
Owners must be adequate, accurate and up-to-date.
(2) Where there is a change in the beneficial ownership of an
association or any other change occurs as a result of which theparticulars in the Register of Beneficial Owners in relation to  a
beneficial owner are no longer current, are incorrect or incomp lete, the
association shall, within fourteen (14) days from the date on w hich the
change is recorded with the association, deliver to the Registr ar for
Legal Persons a notice, in the prescribed form, of the change, providing
the information required under regulation 4 on any new benefici al
owner, updated information including on the nature and extent o f the
beneficial interest held, on each of the other beneficial owner s and the
effective date of changes made, and the Registrar for Legal Per sons
shall enter the said changes in t he Register of Beneficial Owne rs: 
Provided that if the change in the beneficial ownership
information relates to a change in the administrator(s), it sha ll be the
duty of the administrator(s) in office thereafter to notify the  Registrar
for Legal Persons of such change.
(3) The Registrar for Legal Persons shall not, upon receiving
the notice referred to in the preceding sub-regulation, registe r any
changes in the beneficial owners in the Register of Beneficial Owners
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unless the requirements of these regulations have been complied  with,
and this, with reference to the notice itself or for any other reason. 
(4) The notice of changes in ben eficial ownership referred to
in sub-regulation (2), duly completed, shall be signed by at le ast one
administrator of the association. Where the administrator is a body
corporate, such notice shall be s igned by at least a director t hereof.
(5) In case of default in complying with the provisions of
this regulation, the association and every administrator of theassociation who is in default shall be jointly and severally li able to a
penalty, and, for every day during which the default continues,  t o  a
further penalty:
Provided that an association and the administrators of the
association shall not be liable if they had exercised all due d iligence to
comply with the provisions of this regulation and the default w as not
due to any negligent act or omission on their part.
(6) The obligation to file a notice in terms of this regulation
shall not exonerate the associati on, or any of its administrato rs, from
any duty to notify such changes to the Registrar for Legal Pers ons or
any other registrar, commissioner, board or authority or other person in
terms of the applicable special law.
Rectification of the 
registers.9. (1) If:
(a) the name of any person is, without sufficient
cause, entered in or omitted from the register of beneficialowners - members, or the reg ister of beneficial owners -
relevant persons, kept and maintained by an association or theRegister of Beneficial Owners kept and maintained by theRegistrar for Le gal Persons; or
(b) unnecessary delay, being at least more than thirty
(30) days, takes place in entering in or removing from suchregisters the fact that a person has become or ceased to be amember or a relevant per son of such association,
the person aggrieved or any member  or relevant person may apply  to
the Civil Court, First Hall, for the rectification of the relev ant register
and, or the Register o f Beneficial Owners.
(2) Where an application is made under sub-regulation (1),
the Civil Court, First Hall may:
(a) refuse the application;(b) decide any question as to whether the name of any
person should or should not be entered in or removed from therelevant register, as the case may be;
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(c) order the rectification of the relevant register, as
the case may be;
(d) order payment by the association of compensation
of up to one thousand euro (€1,000) for any loss sustained byany party aggrieved; and, or
(e) more generally, decide any question necessary or
expedient to be decided for rec tification of the relevant regis ter.
(3) All decisions of the Civil Court, First Hall, relating to th e
above mentioned registers shall be deemed to be orders which ap ply to
t h e  a s s o c i a t i o n ,  a n d  a l s o  t o  t h e  R e g i s t r a r  f o r  L e g a l  P e r s o n s  w i thout
being a party thereto, and they shall, upon being notified with  a
certified copy of the judgment of the Civil Court, First Hall, act
accordingly to ensure that identical actions are taken in all t he relevant
registers
Discrepancies. (4) (a) Subject persons referred to in sub-regulation (1)(b)
of regulation 10 and, if appropriate and to the extent that thi s does not
interfere unnecessarily with their  functions, competent authori ties
referred to in sub-regulation (1 )(a) of regulation 10, shall re port to the
Registrar for Legal Persons any discrepancies they find between  t h e
beneficial ownership information available in the Register ofBeneficial Owners and the benefi cial ownership information othe rwise
available to them.  
(b) In the case of reported discrepancies, the Registrar
for Legal Persons shall, unless otherwise prohibited in terms o f these
regulations and only to the extent permitted by these regulatio ns,
inform the association of the re ported discrepancy requesting a
clarification thereon within a time period indicated therein, t ogether
with any documentation which he shall consider necessary for su ch
discrepancy to be resolved, and may at his discretion, insert a n
annotation in the Register of B eneficial Owners as he deems
appropriate.
(c) The Registrar for Legal Persons may determine, in
case of registered associations, that the discrepancy is materi al and may
undermine the utility of public information in the Register of Legal
Persons and, in such event, may note the discrepancy even in th e
Register of Legal Persons until it is corrected to his satisfac tion. This
rule shall apply mutatis mutandis  to other registrars, commissioners,
boards or authorities and registers under other special laws wh om the
Registrar for Legal Persons may notify in writing of any discre pancy
which may come to his attention.
(d) The Registrar for Legal Persons may report such
discrepancies to the Financial Intelligence Analysis Unit in ca se of
failure to address the discrepa ncy within a reasonable time. 
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Access to 
information in the 
Register of 
Beneficial Owners.10. (1) The information on the beneficial owners of an
association held by the Registra r for Legal Persons in the Regi ster of
Beneficial Owners shall, subject to the provisions of these reg ulations,
be accessible to:
S.L. 373.01.(a) national competent authorities being public
authorities with designated responsibilities for combatingmoney laundering or terrorist financing, or that have thefunction of investigating or prosecuting money laundering,associated predicate offences and terrorist financing, or oftracing, seizing, freezing and c onfiscating criminal assets, th e
Financial Intelligence Analysis Unit and national taxauthorities, supervisors of subject persons and any othernational competent authority within the meaning assigned to itunder the Prevention of Money Laundering and Funding ofTerrorism Regulations not already covered above, for thepurposes of fulfilling their statutory functions, in a timelymanner without any restriction and without alerting theassociation or the benefic ial owners concerned; and
S.L. 373.01. (b) subject persons in terms of the Prevention of
Money Laundering and Funding of Terrorism Regulations forthe purpose of carrying out customer due diligence inaccordance with the said regulations with reference to suchassociation, which access shall be granted in a timely manneron a written request.
Members of the 
public.(2) Upon a written request to the Registrar for Legal
Persons, any member of the gene ral public and any organisation,  other
than those referred to in sub-regulation (1), may be provided w ith the
following information held in the Register of Beneficial Owners  with
reference to a spe cified association:
(a) the name;
(b) the month and year of birth or the date of
establishment or registration in  case of a legal organisation;
(c) the nationality or the State of establishment or
registration in case of a legal organisation;
(d) the country of residence; and
(e) the extent and nature of the beneficial interest, 
of the beneficial owners of the association and this shall be g ranted in
a timely manner. Any such person or organisation shall not be g ranted
access to any other information or documents relating to the be neficial
owners of the association which may be in the possession of the
Registrar for Legal Persons.
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(3) The subject persons mentioned in sub-regulation (1)(b)
shall, together with the written request, submit to the Registr ar for
Legal Persons:
(a) identification details and other information
supported by documents, certified as authentic, showing that th e
person requesting access to the Re gister is a subject person, s uch
as a licence or a professional warrant or other evidence of thefunction of the subject person;
(b) a declaration that the purpose of the enquiry relates
and will contribute to the preve ntion, detection and combating
of money laundering or the associ ated predicate offences or the
financing of terrorism;
(c) documentation, certified as authentic, of the legal
relationship with the association or the beneficial owners, suc h
as an engagement or instruction letter engaging the subjectperson or a power of attorney, if any, and failing which adeclaration explaining why the subject person’s role is not bas ed
on such a legal relationship; and
(d) any other document which the Registrar for Legal
Persons may deem necessary.
(4) The members of the general public mentioned in sub-
regulation (2) shall, together with a written request, submit t o the
Registrar for Legal Persons:
(a) identification details and other information
supported by documents, certified as authentic, identifying theperson requesting information from the Register of BeneficialOwners;
(b) a declaration of the legal basis of their request to
confirm that the purpose of the enquiry relates and willcontribute to the prevention, detection and combating of moneylaundering or the associated predicate offences or the financin g
of terrorism and a general desc ription of how access to the
information will so contribute;
(c) any other document which the Registrar for Legal
Persons may deem necessary:
Provided that for this purpose, the Registrar for Legal
Persons may publish guidelines setting out the documentationrequired to support such a request to information held in theRegister of Beneficial Owners as well as the procedure formaking such requests and any other applicable conditions.
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(5) To prevent the abuse of the information contained in the
Register of Beneficial Owners and to balance out the rights ofbeneficial owners, the Registrar may make:
(a) information relating to the applicants mentioned
in sub-regulations (1)(b) and (2); 
(b) the legal basis for their request; and
(c) the reasons for the decision taken by the Registrar
for Legal Persons to gran t access to information,
available to the association and,  or the relevant beneficial ow ner to
enable such association or beneficial owner to protect their ow n
interests. 
(6) Access to or provision of information held in the Register
of Beneficial Owners shall be s ubject to the following conditio ns:
(a) the competent authorities referred to in sub-
regulation (1)(a) shall be granted  access without restriction t o
the requested information held in the Register of BeneficialOwners on the assumption that such consultation is related tosuch competent authority’s statutory functions and subject tothe relevant competent authority’s obligations under applicabledata protection laws and regulations;
(b) subject persons referred to in sub-regulation (1)(b)
shall be granted access to the requested information held in th e
Register of Beneficial Owners upon written request to theRegistrar for Legal Persons on the basis of the declarationsmade and documents submitted as stated in sub-regulation (3)being satisfactory and subject to the relevant subject person’sobligations under applicable data protection laws andregulations and laws relating to professional secrecy; and
(c) the persons or organisations forming part of the
general public referred to in s ub-regulation (2) shall be grant ed
the information requested on satisfactory compliance with sub-regulation (4). 
Provided that any such request and any
permission granted shall be limite d to the specific association
and the specific beneficial owner or owners referred to in therequest.
Special cases 
involving serious 
risks.(7) (a) Except in the case contemplated in sub-regulation
(1)(a) or in the case of credit or financial institutions in th e course of
carrying out their duties under laws for the prevention of mone y
laundering and terrorist financing or of subject persons that a re public
officials, access to information on a beneficial owner of an as sociation
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may be denied, in full or in part  where, in exceptional circums tances to
be justified by means of documentary evidence and to be determi ned on
a case by case basis, following a detailed evaluation of the ex ceptional
nature of the circumstances, access to such beneficial ownershi p
information would expose the beneficial owner to disproportiona te
risk, risk of fraud, kidnapping, blackmail, extortion, harassme nt,
violence or intimidation, or where the beneficial owner is a mi nor or is
otherwise legally incapable.
(b) Every request for information which raises the
above risks based on information provided by the association wh en
complying with these regulations shall be examined by the Regis trar
for Legal Persons on a case-by-ca se basis prior to his determin ation on
whether to grant access to information or otherwise. Such denia l of
access by the Registrar for Legal Persons shall only be decided  upon a
detailed evaluation of the excep tional nature of the circumstan ces. 
(8) (a) The Registrar for Legal Persons shall be bound to
notify the association to which sub-regulation (7) applies, in writing, of
any application for information relating to the applicants ment ioned in
sub-regulations (1)(b), and (2) a nd the legal basis for the req uest. 
(b) The Registrar for Legal Persons shall grant the
association at least ten (10) working days to make any submissi ons in
writing to the Registrar for Legal Persons. The association sha ll
communicate the information to any relevant beneficial owner fo r any
comments which such beneficial ow ner may wish to raise in such time
and manner as will enable the association to respond as above s tated.
The Registrar for Legal Persons s hall process the response rece ived in a
timely manner.
(c) Should the Registrar for Legal Persons decide to
grant access, he shall provide the reasons for his decision to the
association in writing prior to notifying such decision to the applicant
and the association shall have a right to contest such decision  b y
applying for judicial review of such decision within twenty (20 )
working days from receipt thereof, and this without involving t he
applicant. The sworn application for judicial review shall be n otified to
the Registrar for Legal Persons who shall have twenty (20) work ing
days to respond to such application:
Provided that the Registrar for Legal Persons shall not
grant access until the conclusi on of the review proceedings and  in such
case only under the conditions as may be establis hed by the Cou rt. 
Decisions refusing 
access to 
information.(9) (a) The Registrar for Lega l Persons shall be bound to
notify in writing the applicant, with a copy to the association , of any
decisions that he may take refusing a written request made to h im on
the basis of sub-regulation (7), providing the reasons for his decision.
The Registrar for Legal Persons  shall do so in a timely manner.
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(b) Any applicant who feels aggrieved by the decision
o f  t h e  R e g i s t r a r  f o r  L e g a l  P e r s o n s  s h a l l  h a v e  a  r i g h t  t o  a p p l y  for
judicial review of such decision, within twenty (20) working da ys
from receipt thereof, which application for judicial review sha ll also
be notified to the Registrar for  Legal Persons who shall have t wenty
(20) working days to respond to such application. The swornapplication shall also be notifie d to the association, which ma y consult
the relevant beneficial owner and who shall be entitled to part icipate in
the proceedings with  the association.
(10) A sworn application for judicial review from the decision
of the Registrar for Legal Persons in terms of sub-regulation ( 8) and
(9) shall be made to the Civil Court, First Hall, and this, wit h a right of
appeal, within twenty (20) worki ng days from the date on which the
decision of the Civil Court, First Hall is given, to the Court of Appeal
in its inferior jurisdiction. An appeal may be made on any poin t of law
and, or of fact by means of a sworn application.
(11) Such applications for judicial review and any appeals
shall be filed in the registry of the relevant court and, if so  ordered by
the court, the proceedings shall be held in camera  to protect the
confidentiality of the beneficial owners. 
Online requests for 
access.(12) The Registrar for Legal Persons shall be entitled to
require solely online requests to access information in the Reg ister of
Beneficial Owners, as establishe d in guidelines which he may is sue for
this purpose. 
Sharing of 
Information.(13) Notwithstanding the provisions of any other law,
including the laws on professiona l secrecy and data protection,  t h e
competent authorities referred to  in sub-regulation (1)(a) and the
Financial Intelligence Analysis Unit are permitted, in pursuanc e of
their functions in accordance with applicable law, to provide t he
information about the beneficial owners to competent authoritie s and
to Financial Intelligence Units of other Member States of the E uropean
Union and to do so in a timely  manner and free of charge.
Statistics. (14) The Registrar for Legal Persons shall publish annual
statistical data on the number of refusals issued under sub-reg ulation
(7) and the reasons stated thereof and report the data to the E uropean
Commission.
Data protection 
and confidentiality. Cap. 586.11. (1) All persons entitled to access and to the receipt of
information in terms of these regulations shall comply with theprovisions of the Data Protection Act and relevant regulationsthereunder in relation to the information which they have acces sed or
received and they shall also be subject to the obligation not t o disclose
any information about beneficia l owners except as required or
permitted by applicable law.
( 2 ) T h e  R e g i s t r a r  f o r  L e g a l  P e r s o n s  s h a l l  b e  b o u n d  t o
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maintain confidentiality on any access to the Register of Benef icial
Owners by the authorities referred to in regulation 10(1)(a) an d shall
not inform the association or the beneficial owners on whominformation is sought of such access. In all other cases the Re gistrar for
Legal Persons shall act according  to these regulations and shal l
endeavour to do so wit hin reasonable times.
Provisions to 
support the 
functions of the Registrar for Legal 
Persons.
Cap. 373.12. (1) The provision of information by associations in
accordance with these regulations  to the Registrar for Legal Pe rsons
shall not imply that such associations do not remain equally ob liged to
provide any information requested of them by subject persons ta king
customer due diligence measures in accordance with the Preventi on of
Money Laundering Act and applicab le regulations, as well as oth ers
entitled to such information under special laws, about such ass ociation
and its beneficial owners.
(2) So as to ensure that the Regi strar for Legal Persons is not
inundated with requests under these regulations which could be easily
met by observance of basic compliance with applicable laws and so as
t o  a v o i d  d e m a n d s  o n  t h e  R e g i s t r a r for Legal Persons which are n ot
eligible under th ese regulations:
(a) all subject persons shall deal directly with
associations and beneficial owners prior to applying to theRegistrar for Legal Persons; and
(b) all associations shall provide information about
their beneficial owners, direct and indirect, to subject person s,
as well as to others entitled to such information under speciallaws, in a timely manner, when:
Cap. 373.(i) such subject persons are carrying out
customer due diligence measures in accordance with thePrevention of Money Laundering Act and applicableregulations; or
(ii) other persons who are seeking information
from the association itself and who are entitled todemand, and be provided with, such information, aredoing so for the purposes of special laws which areintended for the prevention, detection and combating ofmoney laundering or the associa ted predicate offences or
the financing of terrorism.
(3) In any case, subject persons shall not rely exclusively on
the Register of Beneficial Owner s to fulfil their customer due diligence
requirements and access to such Register of Beneficial Owners b y
subject persons in terms of these  regulations shall not exonera te such
subject persons from all respons ibilities and duties incumbent upon
them in terms of applicable law.
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Misleading, false 
or deceptive 
information.13. (a) Any administrator of an association who
knowingly or recklessly makes a statement, declaration or other wise
provides to the Registrar for Legal Persons information on thebeneficial ownership of an association that is misleading, fals e or
deceptive in a material particular; and
(b) any beneficial owner of an association who
knowingly or recklessly makes a statement, declaration or other wise
provides to the administrators of an association information on  t h e
beneficial ownership of an association, that is misleading, fal se or
deceptive in a material particular,
shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction  to a fine
(multa ) of not more than five thousand euro (€5,000) or to
imprisonment for a term not exceeding six (6) months or to both  such
fine and imprisonment.
Interconnection of 
the Register of 
Beneficial Owners.14. (1) The Register of Beneficial Owners held by the
Registrar for Legal Persons in ac cordance with regulation 7 sha ll be
interconnected with the system of  interconnection of central re gisters
of Member States established by Article 22 of Directive (EU) 20 17/
1132 and in accordance with nati onal law by means of the Europe an
Central Platform and the European e-Justice portal serving as t he
European electronic access point . The connection to the platfor m shall
be set up in accordance with t he technical specifications and
procedures established by implementing acts adopted by the Euro pean
Commission.
(2) The information on the beneficial owners of an
association held by the Registra r for Legal Persons in the Regi ster of
Beneficial Owners shall be availa ble and accessible to the auth orities
mentioned in regulation 10(1)(a) through the system ofinterconnection of registers m entioned in this regulation.
(3) The information on the beneficial owners of an
association held by the Registra r for Legal Persons in the Regi ster of
Beneficial Owners shall be ava ilable through the Register of
Beneficial Owners and through the system of interconnection ofregisters for at least five (5) years after: 
(a) the grounds for registering the beneficial
ownership information ha ve ceased to exist; or
(b) the association has been struck off from the
Register of Legal Persons or, if the association is, for anyreason, not registered in terms of the Second Schedule orapplicable regulations, from t he date on which the certified
copy of the winding up resolution is delivered to the Registrarfor Legal Persons in accordance with article 59 of the SecondSchedule; or
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(c) there is the termination of registration in case of
the continuation of the association in another country inaccordance with article 22A of the Second Schedule,
whichever is the earlier.
Electronic 
communication. 
Cap. 426.15. Any document which is required to be delivered to the
Registrar for Legal Persons under any of the provisions of thes e
regulations and any such delivery and the retention of any suchdocument by the Registrar for Legal Persons, may be in such for mat
and by such means, including in electronic form and by electron ic
communication within the meaning of the Electronic Commerce Act , as
the Registrar for Legal Pe rsons may deem appropriate.
Administrative 
penalties.16. (1) Where any provision of these regulations provides
for the imposition of a penalty, the amount of such penalty sha ll be
determined by reference to the Schedule, which specifies the ma ximum
penalty that may be imposed by th e Registrar for Legal Persons under
any of the provisions o f these regulations.
(2) The first column in the Schedule, indicates the regulation
and sub-regulation which prescr ibes that a penalty shall be imp osed,
the second column gives a general description of the infringeme nt,
which description shall not be relied on in interpreting any pr ovision of
these regulations, the third column prescribes the maximum pena lty
and the fourth column prescribes the maximum daily default pena lty.
The penalty shall become due on the day on which the default oc curs
and the daily default penalty shall be due for every day during  which
the default continues and shall accrue from the day following t hat on
which the default occurs.
(3) Action by the Registrar for Legal Persons for the recovery
of a penalty under these regula tions shall be prescribed by the  lapse of
five (5) years from the day on which the default occurs.
(4) An association, irrespectiv e of whether it has legal
personality or not, shall be jointly and severally liable with its
administrators for the payment of any administrative penalties imposed
under these regulations.
 (5) The provisions of the Schedule shall apply to any penalty
imposed by the Registrar for Lega l Persons under these regulati ons.
Fees. 17. Access to information in the Register of Beneficial
Owners may be subject to the payment of a fee which shall not e xceed
the administrative costs thereof, including costs of maintenanc e and
d e v e l o p m e n t  o f  t h e  R e g i s t e r .  T h e  R e g i s t r a r  f o r  L e g a l  P e r s o n s  m a y,
from time to time, by notice publicly available at the Registry  for Legal
Persons, establish such fee.
Forms. 18. The Registrar for Legal Pers ons shall have the power to
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issue and prescribe forms, and to  modify the same as may be req uired,
from time to time, to be used by associations, beneficial owner s,
persons requesting acces s and information and otherwise, for th e better
carrying out and implementatio n of these regulations.
Guidelines. 19. The Registrar for Legal Persons may, from time to time,
issue guidelines for the better implementation of these regulat ions in
particular contexts.
SCHEDULE
(Regulation 16) 
Regulations and Penalties applicable thereunder
The following provisions shall apply to any penalty imposed by the
Registrar for Legal Persons in terms of the Civil Code (SecondSchedule) (Register of Beneficial Owners - Associations) Regula tions:
(1) Where the Registrar for Legal  Persons gives notice in writin g to
any association and, or any person that such association and, o r
person has become liable to a p enalty under these regulations
specifying the nature of the infringement, and indicating anamount as due by way of penalty in respect of suchinfringement, the association and, or person to whom the noticeis given shall, without prejudice to the provisions of paragrap hs
(2) to (15) be deemed to have incurred a penalty under theseregulations, and the amount indicated as aforesaid as due by wa yRegulation Default PenaltyDaily 
penalty
4(8) 4(1) Failure to keep record of
beneficial owners €500 €5
4(8) 4(2) Failure to provide
information within fourteen(14) days of formal request bythe association €500 €5
6(6) Failure to submit the
declaration to the Registrar forLegal Persons within theperiods referred to in theregulations 5(1), 6(1) and 6(3) €500 €5
8(5) 8(2) Failure to provide
information to the Registrar forLegal Persons about a changein the beneficial owners of anassociation within the statedtime period €500 €5
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of penalty including any penalty due for each day during whichthe default continues shall be deemed to be the penalty due und er
these regulations in respect of the infringement specified in t he
notice.
(2) A notice as is referred to in paragraph (1) shall, upon the service
of a copy thereof by means of a judicial act on the associationand, or any person indicated in the notice, constitute an execu tive
title for all effects and purposes of Title VII of Part I of Bo ok
Second of the Code of Organization and Civil Procedure unless
such person shall within thirty (30) days from the date of such
service institute proceedings before the court objecting to thepenalty so fixed.
(3) Where any association and, or any person desires to institut e
proceedings objecting to a penalty referred to in paragraph (1) ,
such proceedings shall be instituted by application against theRegistrar for Legal Persons.
(4) The application shall, under pain of nullity, state clearly and
concisely the nature of the complaint, the facts out of which t he
complaint arises, the reasons w hy such complaint should be
upheld, and the claim that the penalty is not due at law or is due
at law only in a smaller amount.
(5) The court shall not annul or re duce a penalty as aforesaid u nless
such penalty cannot at law be imposed in the circumstances ofthe case, or cannot at law be fixed in the amount fixed by theRegistrar for Legal Persons.
(6) The applicant shall attach to the application all such docum ents
in support of his claim as it may be in his power to produce, a nd
shall indicate in his applicatio n the names of all witnesses he
intends to produce stating, in respect of each, the proof which  he
intends to make.
(7) The court shall, without delay, set down the application for
hearing at an early date, which date shall in no case be later than
thirty (30) days from the date o f the filing of the application .
(8) The application, and the notice of the date fixed for hearin g,
shall be served on the Registrar for Legal Persons without dela y,
and the said Registrar for Legal Persons shall file his replythereto within fourteen (14) days after the date of the service  of
the application.
(9) The Registrar for Legal Persons shall, in his reply, state c learly
and concisely whether he agrees to the facts set out in theapplication, and the reasons why  he objects to the claim; he sh all
moreover state in his reply the names of the witnesses in suppo rt
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of his reasons and shall attach  thereto all the documents in
support thereof.
(10) On the day fixed for the hearing of the application, the co urt
shall consider only the issues of fact and of law as areascertainable from the applicati on, reply or documents filed, b y
either of the parties, or from the evidence indicated by either  of
the parties in the application or reply, as the case may be, orfrom the oral pleading of either of the parties.
(11) The court shall hear the application to a conclusion within  five
(5) working days from the date fixed for the original hearing o f
the application, and no adjournment shall be granted excepteither with the consent of both parties, or for an exceptionalreason to be recorded by the court, and such adjourned date sha ll
not be later than that jus tified by any such reason.
(12) Saving the preceding paragra phs, the provisions of the Code  of
Organization and Civil Procedure relating to proceedings beforethe First Hall of the Civil Court shall apply in relation to an y
such application.
(13) Notwithstanding the provisions of article 256(2) of the Cod e of
Organization and Civil Procedure, the executive title referred to
i n  p a r a g r a p h  ( 2 )  s h a l l  n o t  b e  e n f o r c e a b l e  b e f o r e  t h e  l a p s e  o fthirty (30) days from the service of the judicial act thereinreferred to. 
(14) The decision of the court upon an application referred to i n
paragraph (3), confirming the imposition of a penalty fixed bythe Registrar for Legal Persons or reducing any such penalty,shall upon becoming res judicata  be deemed to be a judgment of
the court ordering the payment by the applicant of the penalty as
confirmed or reduced.
(15) An appeal from a decision of the court upon an application
referred to in paragraph (3), shall be made by means of anapplication to the Court of Appeal to be filed within ten (10)working days of the date of the decision; the association and, or
person against whom the appeal is entered shall within ten (10)working days from the service upon him of the application file a
reply to the appeal.