PART 4
ENFORCEMENT OF SENTENCES AND ORDERS
9.(1) This article applies where -
(a) Malta is designated by the ICC as the state in which a person, hereinafter in this Part referred to as “the prisoner”, is to serve a sentence of imprisonment imposed by the ICC, and
(b) the Minister informs the ICC that the designation is accepted.
(2) The Minister shall issue a warrant authorising -
(a) the bringing of the prisoner to Malta,
(b) the detention of the prisoner in Malta in accordance with the sentence of the ICC, and
(c) the taking of the prisoner to a prison, within the meaning of the Prisons Act, in Malta.
The provisions of the warrant may be varied by the Minister, and shall be so varied to give effect to any variation of the ICC’s sentence.
(2) Subject to the provisions of subarticle (3), a prisoner subject to a warrant authorising his detention in a prison in Malta shall be treated for all intents and purposes as if he were subject to a sentence of imprisonment imposed in exercise of criminal jurisdiction by a court in Malta.
(3) The provisions of any regulations made under the Prisons
Act shall apply to a prisoner under this Part subject to such modifications, adjustments or adaptations as the Minister may by regulations under this subarticle prescribe after consultation with the Minister responsible for prisons.
Enforcement of sentence of imprisonment
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