What is the Reserved Portion in Maltese succession law? Act XVIII of 2004 (" Act"), which came into effect on 1st March 2005, amended certain provisions of the Civil Code governing succession. In this article, any reference to the Law prior to the introduction of Act XVIII of 2004 will be referred to as the " Old Law", whereas any reference to the Law as it stands today, will be referred to as the " New Law". This is being clarified as the Old Law is still applicable to wills that were drawn up prior to the introduction of the Act, so one must know which regime is applicable, in order to know what