S.L. 217.19 Art. 31Correspondence.

(1) Every detained person may send and receive as many letters as he wishes.

(2) A detained person shall on request be provided with any writing materials necessary for the purposes of sending letters pursuant to sub-regulation (1).

(3) No letter or other communication to or from a detained person may be opened, read or stopped save where the officer in charge has reasonable cause to believe that its contents may endanger the security of the detention centre or the safety of others or are otherwise of a criminal nature or where it is not possible to determine the addressee or sender without opening the correspondence.

(4) Detained persons will be given the opportunity of being present when any correspondence is opened or read and shall be given reasons in advance if any correspondence is to be opened, read or stopped under sub-regulation (3).

(5) The Head Detention Service shall bear the postage expense of any letter to the European Court of Human Rights, the European Court of Justice, the Courts of Malta, the International Protection Appeals Tribunal, the Immigration Appeals Board or an adjudicator or any court entitled to hear an appeal against a decision of those bodies.