Cap. 389 Art. 10Refusal to issue licence.

The Commissioner shall refuse an application in any of the following circumstances:

(a) where the applicant or any officer of the applicant or any person who has an effective control of the services to be provided by the applicant -

(i) has been convicted in Malta or elsewhere of any crime of wilful homicide or of wilful grievous bodily harm or any crime against property aggravated by amount exceeding two thousand and three hundred and twenty-nine euro and thirty-seven cents (2,329.37) or by violence or any crime against public trust or any other serious crime; or

(ii) has been declared bankrupt or his financial position is precarious or otherwise renders the applicant unsuitable; or

(iii) has been discharged from the Police or armed forces or the prison services because of any offence or other misbehaviour; or

(iv) is a public officer other than one who belongs to a grade or category as may be prescribed by the Minister or a member of the Police or armed the commission of the crime; or

(vi) has been convicted in Malta or elsewhere of a crime affecting the good order of families;

(b) when he considers that it is in the public interest to refuse such a licence; or

(c) where the applicant does not possess the necessary qualifications as may be prescribed by or under this Act.