Cap. 405 чл. 26Powersexercisable on suspicion of intended offence under Part IV.

(1) Where the Head Aviation Security has reasonable cause to suspect that a person about to embark on an aircraft in

Malta, or a person on board such an aircraft, intends to commit, in relation to the aircraft, offences under any of the preceding provisions of this Part of this Act, the Head Aviation Security may prohibit him from travelling on board the aircraft, and for the purpose of enforcing that prohibition the Head Aviation Security -

(a) may prevent him from embarking on the aircraft or, as the case may be, may remove him from the aircraft; and

(b) may arrest him without warrant and detain him for so long as may be necessary for that purpose.

(2) Any person who wilfully obstructs or impedes a person acting in the exercise of a power conferred on him by subarticle (1) shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable, on conviction, to a fine not exceeding three thousand and four hundred and ninety-four euro and six cents (3,494.06), or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years, or to both such fine and imprisonment.