Criminal Code (Cap. 9), article 435BC

435BC. (1) Pursuant to and in accordance with any treaty, convention, agreement or understanding to which Malta is a party or which is otherwise applicable to Malta, the Attorney General may, with the concurrence of the Minister responsible for Justice, give his consent to the temporary surrender of a person in custody in Malta for the purpose of an investigation to be carried out or being carried out by a judicial, prosecuting or administrative authority of any place outside Malta at the request of the said authority. (2) The person surrendered shall be kept in custody in the place outside Malta to which he has been surrendered. (3) Any time spent in custody in the place outside Malta shall be deemed to be time spent in custody in Malta. Freezing of property of person accused with offences cognizable by courts outside Malta. Added by: III.2002.102. Amended by: XXXI.2007.22.