Cap. 176 Art. 3Appeals by protected persons.

Where a protected prisoner of war or a protected internee has been sentenced to imprisonment for two years or to a graver punishment and an appeal is available under the provisions of the

Criminal Code, the time within which he shall enter such appeal shall, notwithstanding anything in the Criminal Code, be the period from the day on which the definitive judgment is delivered to the expiration of ten days after the date on which he receives a notice given -

(a) in the case of a protected prisoner of war, by an officer of the armed forces of Malta;

(b) in the case of a protected internee, by or on behalf of the person in charge of the prison in which he is confined, that the protecting power has been notified of the judgment.

*See Government Notice No. 561 of 1962.