# Europaius Malta – legal corpus > Open, searchable legal corpus: legislation, case law and plain-language explanations. From official sources, citable, free. How to use this source: every statement is tied to a specific provision or decision and every reference leads to a page with the full text. Recommended citation format: page title + URL. ## Size of the corpus - Laws: 553 - Laws with AI explanation: 553 - §/Art.: 2 405 - Legal guide: 8 - Contract templates: 6 ## Key resources - [Country home page](https://europaius.com/mt/): The law explained simply - [Legal guide](https://europaius.com/mt/pomoc): 8 - [Laws with AI explanation](https://europaius.com/mt/zakony): 553 - [Areas of law](https://europaius.com/mt/oblasti) - [Full-text search](https://europaius.com/mt/hledat?q=…) - [Contract templates](https://europaius.com/mt/smlouvy): 6 - [Analysis of an official letter](https://europaius.com/mt/analyza) - [Pricing](https://europaius.com/mt/pricing) ## Legal guide – individual how-tos - [Payment / money claim against you: how to respond](https://europaius.com/mt/pomoc/platebni-rozkaz-odpor): If someone claims money from you in Malta, the claim may arrive as a judicial letter, an ordinary court claim, or a case before the Small Claims Tribunal for smaller amounts. You are not… [Civil procedure and debt] Deadline: For a sworn reply to an ordinary court claim the usual period is 20 days from service; before the Small… - [Faulty goods and a rejected complaint: consumer rights](https://europaius.com/mt/pomoc/reklamace-neuznana): As a consumer in Malta you are entitled to goods that conform to the contract. If goods are faulty or not as described, you have a legal guarantee against the seller, independent of any… [Consumer protection] Deadline: The legal guarantee against lack of conformity generally runs for two years from delivery of the goods, and… - [Misuse of your personal data: your GDPR rights](https://europaius.com/mt/pomoc/gdpr-zneuziti-udaju): In Malta your personal data is protected by the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) together with the national Data Protection Act. You have rights to access your data, to have it… [Data protection] Deadline: A controller must normally respond to a data subject request within one month. You can lodge a complaint with… - [Dismissed from work: how to defend yourself](https://europaius.com/mt/pomoc/vypoved-z-prace-obrana): In Malta an employer generally cannot dismiss an indefinite (permanent) employee at will. Dismissal must be based on a good and sufficient cause or on genuine redundancy. If you believe… [Employment law] Deadline: A complaint of unfair dismissal must be referred to the Industrial Tribunal within four months of the… - [Unpaid wages: how to claim what you are owed](https://europaius.com/mt/pomoc/nevyplacena-mzda): In Malta wages must be paid in full and at regular intervals. If your employer has not paid your wages, overtime, or other amounts due, this is a breach of the Employment and Industrial… [Employment law] Deadline: Act promptly, as claims for wages are subject to limitation periods. Raise the matter with the Department of… - [Enforcement against you: first steps](https://europaius.com/mt/pomoc/exekuce-prvni-kroky): In Malta a creditor who holds a judgment or another executive title can enforce it through executive warrants, such as a warrant of seizure of movables, a garnishee order against your bank… [Enforcement of judgments] Deadline: Some warrants must be preceded by service of the executive title and a set number of days before execution… - [Child maintenance: how to arrange and enforce it](https://europaius.com/mt/pomoc/vyzivne-na-dite): In Malta both parents have a duty to maintain their children according to their means and the child's needs. Maintenance can be agreed between the parents or fixed by the court. Where a… [Family law] Deadline: There is no single fixed deadline to apply, but you should act without delay because maintenance is generally… - [Ending a residential lease: tenant's rights](https://europaius.com/mt/pomoc/vypoved-z-najmu-bytu): Residential leases entered into in Malta from 2020 onwards are regulated by the Private Residential Leases Act, which requires written contracts, registration, and sets rules on duration… [Residential tenancy] Deadline: Notice periods depend on the contract type and duration set out in the Private Residential Leases Act; for… ## Contract templates - [Sale Agreement](https://europaius.com/mt/smlouvy/kupni): Template contract for the sale of a movable asset between a seller and a buyer under Maltese law. Under the Civil Code (Chapter 16) a sale is a contract whereby the… - [Residential Lease Agreement](https://europaius.com/mt/smlouvy/najemni): Template residential lease agreement between a lessor and a lessee for a dwelling in Malta. Long private residential leases are governed by the Private Residential… - [Contract for Works](https://europaius.com/mt/smlouvy/o-dilo): Template contract for works whereby a contractor undertakes to carry out a specific work for a client against payment. Under the Civil Code (Chapter 16) a contract of… - [Power of Attorney (Mandate)](https://europaius.com/mt/smlouvy/plna-moc): Template power of attorney by which a principal (mandator) authorises another person (mandatary / attorney) to do one or more acts in the principal's name. Under the… - [Contract of Employment](https://europaius.com/mt/smlouvy/pracovni): Template contract of employment between an employer and an employee in Malta. The employment relationship is governed by the Employment and Industrial Relations Act… - [Loan Agreement](https://europaius.com/mt/smlouvy/pujcka): Template loan agreement (loan for consumption) whereby a lender delivers a sum of money to a borrower who undertakes to return an equal sum. Under the Civil Code… ## Areas of law - [Civil law](https://europaius.com/mt/oblast/obcanske): 6 - [Family law](https://europaius.com/mt/oblast/rodinne): 3 - [Real estate and construction law](https://europaius.com/mt/oblast/nemovitosti): 4 - [Labour law](https://europaius.com/mt/oblast/pracovni): 23 - [Commercial and corporate law](https://europaius.com/mt/oblast/obchodni): 9 - [Insolvency and enforcement](https://europaius.com/mt/oblast/insolvence): 8 - [Banking, insurance and financial markets](https://europaius.com/mt/oblast/bankovni): 10 - [Tax law](https://europaius.com/mt/oblast/danove): 49 - [Criminal law](https://europaius.com/mt/oblast/trestni): 24 - [Administrative law](https://europaius.com/mt/oblast/spravni): 17 - [Procedural law](https://europaius.com/mt/oblast/procesni): 33 - [Constitutional law and human rights](https://europaius.com/mt/oblast/ustavni): 10 - [Social security](https://europaius.com/mt/oblast/socialni): 28 - [Health and pharmaceutical law](https://europaius.com/mt/oblast/zdravotni): 9 - [Intellectual property](https://europaius.com/mt/oblast/dusevni): 7 - [IT law and data protection](https://europaius.com/mt/oblast/itpravo): 2 - [Public procurement and competition](https://europaius.com/mt/oblast/zakazky): 1 - [Transport law](https://europaius.com/mt/oblast/doprava): 4 - [Education law](https://europaius.com/mt/oblast/skolstvi): 1 - [Energy and network industries](https://europaius.com/mt/oblast/energetika): 12 - [Environment and agriculture](https://europaius.com/mt/oblast/zivotni): 18 - [Other legislation](https://europaius.com/mt/oblast/ostatni): 275 ## Selected acts with an explanation - [Chapter 123](https://europaius.com/mt/z/1747) - [Chapter 12](https://europaius.com/mt/z/1748) - [Chapter 386](https://europaius.com/mt/z/1749) - [Chapter 318](https://europaius.com/mt/z/1750) - [Chapter 9](https://europaius.com/mt/z/1751) - [Chapter 406](https://europaius.com/mt/z/1752) - [Chapter 16](https://europaius.com/mt/z/1753) - [Chapter 337](https://europaius.com/mt/z/1754) - [Chapter 234](https://europaius.com/mt/z/1755) - [Chapter 363](https://europaius.com/mt/z/1756) - [Chapter 392](https://europaius.com/mt/z/1757) - [Chapter 382](https://europaius.com/mt/z/1758) - [Chapter 55](https://europaius.com/mt/z/1759) - [Chapter 464](https://europaius.com/mt/z/1760) - [Chapter 220](https://europaius.com/mt/z/1761) - [Chapter 13](https://europaius.com/mt/z/1762) - [Chapter 209](https://europaius.com/mt/z/1763) - [Chapter 354](https://europaius.com/mt/z/1764) - [Chapter 345](https://europaius.com/mt/z/1765) - [Chapter 438](https://europaius.com/mt/z/1766) - [Chapter 371](https://europaius.com/mt/z/1767) - [Chapter 370](https://europaius.com/mt/z/1768) - [Chapter 403](https://europaius.com/mt/z/1769) - [Chapter 168](https://europaius.com/mt/z/1770) - [Chapter 327](https://europaius.com/mt/z/1771) - [Chapter 387](https://europaius.com/mt/z/1772) - [Chapter 552](https://europaius.com/mt/z/1773) - [Chapter 503](https://europaius.com/mt/z/1774) - [Chapter 492](https://europaius.com/mt/z/1775) - [Chapter 549](https://europaius.com/mt/z/1776) ## Page addressing - `https://europaius.com/mt/z/` - `https://europaius.com/mt/zakony?p=` - `https://europaius.com/mt/oblast/` - `https://europaius.com/mt/pomoc/` - `https://europaius.com/mt/smlouvy/` - `https://europaius.com/mt/hledat?q=` - `https://europaius.com/mt/llms.txt` - Sitemap: https://europaius.com/sitemap.xml ## Notes - Explanations are generated from the official legal text and are indicative; only the full text, which every page links to, is binding. - Europaius provides legal information, not legal services. - Indicative legal information from a verified corpus, not a substitute for a lawyer. - Eucalypt 4 s.r.o., Reg. 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