Immigration Act (Cap. 217), article 6

6. (1) Without prejudice to any rights arising from the preceding Parts, for the purposes of this Act, the Principal Immigration Officer may - (a) grant leave to land or leave to land and remain in Malta to any member of a crew intending to continue his journey in the vessel by which he arrives for the period of the vessel’s stay in port and on condition that he leaves in the same vessel; (b) grant leave to land or leave to land and remain to any other person arriving in Malta, under such conditions and for such period as the Principal Immigration Officer may deem proper to establish; (c) grant extensions of the period referred to in the last preceding paragraph by such f urther periods as in each case the Principal Immi gration Officer may deem proper to grant and under such conditions, whether 8 CAP. 217.] IMMIGRATION similar to those previously imposed or not, as he may deem proper to establish: Provided that, unless it is otherwise expressly established, any extension shall be deemed to have been granted under the same conditions which applied, and for a period of the same duration as the period which expired, before such extension was granted. (2) Unless the Principal I mmigration Officer expressly specifies a longer or shorter period, leave granted under parag raph (b) of the last preceding sub-article shall be deemed to have been granted for twenty-four hours in the case of leave to land and for three calendar months in the cas e of leave to land and remain i n Malta. (3) Notwithstanding the provisions of sub-article (1)( a), where the vessel therein referred to is an aircraft, a member of the crew of such aircraft need not necessarily continue his journey in the aircraft by which he arrived, su bject to his leaving Malta with in three days of his arrival. (4) The Principal Immigration Of ficer shall not refuse leave to land and remain in Malta to any person in respect of whom two medical practitioners of whom at least one shall be a governmen t medical officer certify that such person needs immediate medica l or surgical treatment which cannot be deferred without prejudice t o his health: Provided that such leave shall be deemed to have been granted until, and to expire on, the seventh day of the date of a certificate made by a government medical officer to the effect that there is no longer any necessity that such person should remain in Malta for the purpose of or in c onnection with such treatment. Residence permit. Amended by: VIII. 1982.2; XXXIII. 1988.2; IX. 2000.7; XXIII. 2002.9.