1. On the date when the administrative courts begin to function, the following amendments enter into force:
a) In law no. 8116 dated 29 March 1996 “Code of Civil Procedure of the Republic of Albania”, amended:
i) In article 35, letter “b” is repealed;
ii) In article 320, letter “a” is repealed;
iii) The articles from 324 to 333 are repealed.
b) In law no. 8927 dated 25 July 2002 “On the prefect”, in article 14 subdivisions “i” and “ii”, in article 15 point 2, as well as in article 18 point 4, where the words, respectively, “of the court, under the jurisdiction of which the organ of local government is located”, “the court under the jurisdiction of which the organ of local government is located”, “of the court” and “of the court, under the jurisdiction of which the interested subject is located”, respectively, are found, they are replaced by the words “the competent administrative court”.
2. Whenever reference is made in separate laws to administrative sections or to the chapter “Adjudication of administrative disputes” of the Code of Civil Procedure or to the competent court, the reference will be considered as having been made to this law and to the administrative court that is competent according to it.
3. All the time periods for the submission of a lawsuit against an act or other administrative action are 45 days, except when it is otherwise provided in separate laws.
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