S.L. 276.6 Art. 15Commissioner of Police may authorize transit.

(1) The Commissioner of Police may authorize transit through Malta of a person who is being surrendered to the Republic of Tunisia to a third State or by the Republic of Tunisia to a third

State: provided that the following information is furnished:

(a) a description of the person being surrendered;

(b) a brief statement of the facts of the case: Provided that transit shall be refused if the person being surrendered is a national or permanent resident of Malta.

(2) The information in subarticle (1) may be transmitted to the Commissioner of Police by any means capable of producing a written record.

(3) When the transport of the surrendered person is to take place by air, it will only be necessary to provide the Commissioner of Police with the information required in subarticle (1) in the event that an unscheduled landing occurs.

(4) A person being conveyed through Malta in the course of his extradition or removal as a convicted prisoner from one country to another shall be kept in custody during the period of transit.