OATH OF OFFICE (PRISONS OFFICERS) REGULATIONS

OATH OF OFFICE (PRISONS OFFICERS)

SUBSIDIARY LEGISLATION 260.05

OATH OF OFFICE (PRISONS OFFICERS)

REGULATIONS

25th June, 2013

LEGAL NOTICE 162 of 2013, as amended by Legal Notice 116 of 2017.

The title of these regulations is the Oath of Office (Prisons

Officers) Regulations.

Oath of office of Prisons Officers

"I ............... solemnly swear/affirm that I will bear true faith and

allegiance to the people of the Republic of Malta and its

Constitution and I will faithfully serve the said Republic during my

service in the Prisons, as a Prisons Officer and I will subject myself

to all Codes, Acts, Ordinances, orders and regulations relating to

the Prisons now in force or which may from time to time be in force

and will discharge all the duties of a Prisons Officer according to

law, without fear or favour, affection or ill will. (So help me God)".

(1) Before entering upon duties on appointment, all new or

re-admitted prisons officers shall take the oath of office contained

in the Schedule.

(2) The oath shall be taken and signed by all officers before a

person duly empowered by law to administer an oath or before the

Director.

(1) All prisons officers in the service on the date of coming

into force of these regulations shall, by not later the 31 st July 2017,

take the oath of office contained in the Schedule.

(2) The oath shall be taken and signed by all officers before a

person duly empowered by law to administer an oath or before the

Director.