Immigration Act (Cap. 217), article 34

34. (1) A person detained in custody under this Act, other than under article 10 or 22, but not serving a sentence of imprisonm ent, may be detained either in prison or in any place appointed for the purpose by the Minister by notice in the Gazette *, but if detained in prison he shall be treated as a person awaiting trial. (2) The Minister may make regulations for the management, control and discipline of any place appointed by him under sub- article (1) for the detention of persons, for the diet of the p ersons detained therein, and for the punishment of persons detained therein for any offence committed by them against such regulations: Cap. 9. Provided that such punishment may not exceed the punishment established in the Criminal Code for contraventions. Regulations establishing a detention service. (3) The Minister may also make regulations to establish a body corporate or unincorporate which shall be responsible for keepi ng in detention persons liable to be kept in detention under the provisions of this Act or under regulations made thereunder and without prejudice to the generality of the aforesaid, such regulations may make provision for any matter whatsoever concerning the functions, funding , staffing, organization and administration of such body as well as for any other matter dee med necessary or expedient by the Minister to enable that body to c arry out its functions under the regulations and for any other purpo se consequential or ancil lary to the aforesaid. Cap. 420. (4) The Minister may also make regulations to establish a body corporate or unincorporate which shall be responsible for the accommodation in open reception centres of persons who qualify for such accommodation under the provisions of the International Protection Act , or regulations made thereunder, and without *See Legal Notices 20 of 1994 and 193 of 1996 24 CAP. 217.] IMMIGRATION prejudice to the generality of the aforesaid, such regulations may make provision for any matter whatsoever concerning the functions, funding, staffing, organization and administration o f such body as well as for any other matter deemed necessary or expedient by the Minister to enable that body to carry out its functions under the regulations and for any other purpose consequential or ancillary to the aforesaid. Prohibition of entry to persons without accommodation in Malta. Amended by: VIII. 1982.2; XXXIII. 1988.2; IX. 2000.7; XXIII. 2002.22.