Merchant Shipping Act (Cap. 234), article 371A

371A. Where the Authority has reason to believe that any person is being kept in custody on board any merchant ship in conseque nce of a sentence of a foreign tribunal, or in order to be tried in a foreign country, he shall forthw ith give notice of the fact to a magistrate, who shall, without delay, inquire into the circumst ances of the case, and make a report thereon to the President of Malt a for the purposes of the provisions c ontained in the following artic les. Where magistrate finds that prisoner is in custody under written order of competent authority. Powers of President of Malta. Added by: II. 2015.2.