Legislation
Immigration Act (Cap. 217)
- Art. 2In this Act, unless the co ntext otherwise requires - "Board" means the Immigration Appeals Board constituted
- Art. 3(1) The Prime Minister shall, by notice in the Gazette, appoint a public officer to be the Principal Immigrati
- Art. 4(1) The provisions of Part IV of this Act shall not apply to any person - (a) who is a citizen of Malta; or (b
- Art. 4A(1) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Act, the Minister may make regulations to give effect to the
- Art. 5(1) Any person, other than one having the right of entry, or of entry and residence, or of movement or transit
- Art. 5A(1) The Chief Executive Officer of the Agency for the Welfare of Asylum Seekers may appoint an interim legal g
- Art. 6(1) Without prejudice to any rights arising from the preceding Parts, for the purposes of this Act, the Princi
- Art. 7(1) Without prejudice to the p rovisions of the preceding Parts, the Minister may issue, subject to such condi
- Art. 7A(1) Notwithstanding the provisions of this Act or any other Act, the Minister may gran t a residency certifica
- Art. 8(1) Without prejudice to the rights of entry and residence envisaged by the preceding Parts, and to the powers
- Art. 9(1) Without prejudice to any regulations made under Part III of this Act, leave to land or to land and remain
- Art. 10(1) Where leave to land is refused to any person arriving in Malta on an aircraft, such person may be placed t
- Art. 11(1) It shall be an implied condition of any leave granted to any person under article 6(1)( a) or, saving the
- Art. 12(1) The conditions referred to in articles 6 and 7 may include the furnishing of such security in such form an
- Art. 13(1) Nothing in article 11(2) shall prevent the Principal Immigration Officer from grantin g or extending leave
- Art. 14(1) If any person is considered by the Principal Immigration Officer to be liable to return as a prohibited im
- Art. 15(1) A carrier by sea or air s hall be obliged to take all necessary measures to ensure that a person carried b
- Art. 16Any person who acts in contravention of article 5(1), or is reasonably suspected of having so acted, may be ta
- Art. 17Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, no return decision or removal order shall be obstructed nor sha
- Art. 18Revoked by Act XXIII. 2002 .15. Destination of person in respect of whom a removal order has been made. Amende
- Art. 19A person against whom a return decision and removal order is made or to whom the next following article applie
- Art. 20(1) Any person to whom this article applies shall be removed from Malta by the master of the vessel in which h
- Art. 21The master of any vessel shall detain on board any person arriving in that vessel, whether member of a crew or
- Art. 22(1) Without prejudice to special provisions which may be made under Part III of this Act, the Minister may, if
- Art. 23(1) The Principal Immigration Officer shall recognise a decision of expulsion issued by another Member State i
- Art. 24If any person who has been removed from Malta following a return decision, or a return decision and a removal
- Art. 25(1) Any leave granted or extended under the Immigration (British Subjects) Ordinance, 1948, or the Aliens Ordi
- Art. 25A(2) If such a return decision i s accompanied by a removal order, such person against whom such order is made,
- Art. 26(1) The Prime Minister and the Minister may each authorise in writing another Minister, a public officer not b
- Art. 27The Principal Immigration Officer shall have power to enter or board any vessel and to detain and examine any
- Art. 28(1) Every person landing or embarking in Malta shall be in p o s s e s s i o n o f a p a s s po r t a n d s ha
- Art. 29(1) The master of any vessel landing or embarking at any port in Malta passengers coming from or bound for a d
- Art. 30Any person, not being an exempt person, who lands in Malta pursuant to or under any regulation made under arti
- Art. 31(1) It shall be the duty of the keeper of any premises to which this article applies to k eep a register of al
- Art. 32(1) Any person who - (a) aids or assists any person to land or attempt to land in Malta, or to reside in Malta
- Art. 33In any proceedings under this Act - (a) the burden of proof that a person is an exempt person or that a person
- Art. 34(1) A person detained in custody under this Act, other than under article 10 or 22, but not serving a sentence
- Art. 35(1) Notwithstanding anything in this Act or in any other law contained, but subject to any provisions made und
- Art. 36(1) Without prejudice to any provision of this Act vesting the power to make regulations in the Minister, the
- Art. 37Without prejudice to any provision of this Act granting the Minister the power to make regulations, the Minist
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