S.L. 77.1 Art. 5Request for information on convictions.

(1) When information from the criminal record of a Member State is requested for the purposes of criminal proceedings against a person or for any other purposes other than that of criminal proceedings, the National Central Authority may, in accordance with Maltese legislation, submit a request to the central authority of another Member State for information and related data to be extracted from the criminal record.

(2) When a person asks for information on his own criminal record, the National Central Authority may, in accordance with these regulations, submit a request to the central authority of another Member State for information and related data to be extracted from the criminal record, provided the person concerned is or was a resident or a national of Malta or of the requested Member State: Provided that if the National Central Authority is the requested Member State, the National Central Authority shall transmit its reply within twenty working days from the date the request was received.

(3) Whenever a national of another Member State asks the National Central Authority for information on his own criminal record, the National Central Authority shall submit a request to the Central Authority of the Member State of the person’s nationality for information and related data to be extracted from the criminal record and shall include such information and related data in the extract to be provided to the person concerned.

(3a) Where a third country national asks the National Central Authority for information on his own criminal record, that National Central Authority shall submit a request only to those central authorities of the Member States which hold information on the criminal record of that person for information and related data to be extracted from the criminal records and shall include such information and related data in the extract to be provided to the person concerned.

(4) All requests for information and relevant data shall be submitted using the form set out in Schedule I.