Cap. 260 Art. 11Duties and powers or prisons officers.

(1) Prisons officers shall carry out such duties as may be assigned to them by regulations made under this Act or by any direction of the Minister.

(2) In the performance of their duties within a prison and when on escort duties with prisoners outside the prisons, prisons officers shall be vested with all such functions, powers and duties as are by law vested in an officer of the Malta Police Force.