Cap. 178 Art. 4Regulations.

(1) The President of Malta, acting in accordance with the advice of the Prime Minister, may, subject to the provisions of the

Constitution of Malta, make such regulations as appear to him acting as aforesaid to be necessary or expedient for securing the public safety, the public health,the defence of Malta, the maintenance of public order and the suppression of mutiny, rebellion and riot, and for maintaining supplies and services essential to the life of the community.

(2) Without prejudice to the generality of the powers conferred by subarticle (1), the regulations may, so far as appears to the President of Malta acting as aforesaid to be necessary or expedient for any of the purposes mentioned in that subarticle -

(a) make provision for the detention of persons;

(b) authorize -

(i) the taking of possession or control on behalf of the Government of any property or undertaking;

(ii) the acquisition on behalf of the Government of any property other than land;

(c) authorize the entering and search of any premises;

(d) provide for amending any law, for suspending the operation of any law, and for applying any law with or without modification;

(e) provide for charging, in respect of the grant or issue of any licence, permit, certificate or other document for the purposes of the regulations, such fee as may be prescribed by or under the regulations;

(f) provide for payment of compensation and remuneration to persons affected by the regulations;

(g) provide for the apprehension, trial and punishment of persons offending against the regulations;

(h) provide for maintaining such supplies and services as are, in the opinion of the President of Malta acting as aforesaid, essential to the life of the community:

Provided that nothing in this article shall authorize the making of provision for the trial of persons by military courts: And provided further that nothing in this article shall be construed to authorize the making of any regulation -

(i) making provision for the deportation or exclusion of persons from Malta, and

(ii) providing for the infliction of the punishment of death.

(3) The payment of any compensation or remuneration under the provisions of such regulations shall be a charge upon the Consolidated Fund.