Chapter 21

In short

This law, Chapter 21, was an Ordinance that aimed to change the existing law regarding prisoners who were on board merchant ships.

What it regulates

• The law relating to prisoners.
• Prisoners on board merchant ships.

Who it concerns

• Prisoners.
• Merchant ships.

Key points

• It was originally enacted on April 25th, 1882.
• It was amended multiple times, including by Legal Notice 46 of 1965, Acts LVIII of 1974, XIII of 1983, and Legal Notice 407 of 2007.
• This Ordinance was repealed by Act II of 2015.