Immigration Act (Cap. 217), article 21

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21. The master of any vessel shall detain on board any person arriving in that vessel, whether member of a crew or passenger, to whom leave to land has been refused by the Principal Immigratio n Officer, while such vessel is in the territorial waters of Malt a, and a person so detained shall be deemed to be in legal custody. Deportation orders. Amended by: VIII. 1982.2. XXXIII. 1988.2; XXIV .1995.360; IX. 2000.7; XXIII. 2002.16.

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