Cap. 217 Art. 25Transitory provisions.

(1) Any leave granted or extended under the Immigration

(British Subjects) Ordinance, 1948, or the Aliens Ordinance, 1949*, for the purpose of allowing any person to land or to land and remain in Malta, shall be deemed to have been granted or extended for the unexpired portion of its duration under the provisions of this

Act and this Act shall apply to such leave accordingly:

Provided that the conditions attached to such leave, unless modified by the Principal Immigration Officer, shall continue to apply.

(2) Any permit of work or employment granted or extended under one of the laws mentioned in sub-article (1), shall be deemed to have been granted or extended for the unexpired portion of its duration under article 11(3) and this Act shall apply accordingly:

Provided that the conditions attached to such permit, unless modified by the Minister shall continue to apply.

(3) Any person who has been granted under article 36 of The Immigration (British Subjects) Ordinance, 1948,* an exemption which has conferred on him the right to establish his permanent residence or residence for an indefinite period in Malta or who has been granted any corresponding right under any other provision of one of the laws mentioned in sub-article (1), shall be deemed to have been granted a residence permit and this Act shall apply accordingly:

Provided that the conditions attached to the granting of any such exemption or corresponding right, unless modified by the Principal Immigration Officer, shall continue to apply in addition to the implied condition referred to in article 11(1).

(4) Any person, who has been ordinarily resident in Malta continuously for a period of at least fifteen years immediately before the coming into force of this Act and who is not a person falling under sub-article (1) or (3), shall be deemed to have been granted leave to land and remain in Malta under article 6(1)(b) for

*Repealed by article 37 of this Act as originally enacted and which is being omitted under the Statute Law Revision Act, 1980. the period of one year from the coming into force of this Act and, save as provided in the next following sub-article, all the provisions of this Act shall apply accordingly.

(5) Without prejudice to the imposition of any conditions under article 11(3), sub-article (2) of the same article shall not apply, saving the provisions of any other law, to any person referred to in the last preceding sub-article during the said period of one year from the coming into force of this Act.