ACT No. V of 2014 AN ACT to further amend the Criminal Code (Cap. 9.).

I assent.

G EORGE A BELA

(L.S.)

President

25th March, 2014

ACT No. V of 2014

AN ACT to further amend the Criminal Code (Cap. 9.).

BE IT ENACTED by the President, by and with the advice and

consent of the House of Representatives, in this present Parliament

assembled, and by the authority of the same as follows:-

The short title of this Act is the Criminal Code

(Amendment No. 4) Act, 2014, and this Act shall be read and

construed as one with the Criminal Code, hereinafter in this Act

referred as "the Code".

In article 91 of the Code, for the words "from four months

to three years" there shall be substituted the words "from one to five

years and to a fine (multa) of not less than four thousand euro (4,000)

and not more than ten thousand euro (10,000)".

Article 93 of the Code shall be amended as follows

(a) in sub-article (1) thereof, for the words "from one to

three and to a fine (multa)" there shall be substituted the words

"from nine to eighteen months and to a fine (multa) of not less

than five hundred euro (500) and not more than one thousand

five hundred euro (1,500)";

(b) in sub-article (2) thereof, for the words "from three

months to one year" there shall be substituted the words "from

twelve months to two years and to a fine (multa) of not less than

seven hundred euro (700) and not more than two thousand and

five hundred euro (2,500)";

(c)

in sub-article (3) thereof, for the words "from seven

to eighteen months" there shall be substituted the words "from

eighteen months to three years and to a fine (multa) of not less

than one thousand five hundred euro (1,500) and not more than

four thousand euro (4,000)"; and

(d) immediately after sub-article (3) thereof, there shall

be added the following new sub-article

"(4) Where the offences referred to in this article

are committed against an officer of the Attorney General’s

office, when acting under the direction of the Attorney

General in anything in which the Attorney General is to act

in his own individual judgement or in connection with his

office, the offender shall be liable to the same punishment

established in the preceding sub-articles.".

In sub-article (1) of article 94 of the Code, for the words Amendment of

"from two to five years" there shall be substituted the words "from article

Code.

four to seven years and to a fine (multa) of not less than five thousand

euro (5,000) and not more than twenty five thousand euro (25,000)".

Fis-subartikolu (1) tal-artikolu 94 tal-Kodiċi, minflok il-

kliem "minn sentejn sa ħames snin" għandhom jidħlu l-kliem "minn

erbgħa sa seba’ snin u għal multa ta’ mhux inqas minn ħamest elef

euro (5,000) u mhux iżjed minn ħamsa u għoxrin elf euro (25,000)".

Article 95 of the Code shall be amended as follows

Amendment of

article 95 of the

Code.

(a) in sub-article (1) thereof, for the words "increased

by one degree" there shall be substituted the words "increased

by two degrees and to a fine (multa) of not less than eight

hundred euro (800) and not more than five thousand euro

(5,000)";

(b) sub-article (1) thereof shall be renumbered as the

whole article; and

(c)

sub-articles (2) and (3) thereof shall be deleted.

Article 96 shall be amended as follows

Amendment of

article 96 of the

Code.

(a) in paragraph (a) thereof, for the words "from four

months to one year" there shall be substituted the words "from

six months to two years and to a fine (multa) of not less than

four thousand euro (4,000) and not more than ten thousand euro

(10,000)"; and

(b) in paragraph (b) thereof, for the words "from seven

months to two years" there shall be substituted the words "from

nine months to three years and to a fine (multa) of not less than

five thousand euro (5,000) and not more than fifteen thousand

euro (15,000)".

In article 97 of the Code, for the words "from nine months

to three years" there shall be substituted the words "from one year to

four years and to a fine (multa) of not less than eight thousand euro

(8,000) and not more than twenty thousand euro (20,000)".

Immediately after article 99 of the Code there shall be

added the following new article

" General

99A. (1) The following provisions

Provisions.

shall apply to the offences under this sub-

title.

(2) The provisions of article 21 shall

not apply in respect of any person convicted

of an offence under this sub-title.

(3) Any fine (multa) to which the

person convicted has been sentenced to pay

may be recovered as a civil debt and the

sentence of the Court shall constitute an

executive title for all intents and purposes of

the Code of Organization and Civil

Procedure.".

Passed by the House of Representatives at Sitting No. 130 of the

17th March, 2014.

A NĠLU F ARRUGIA

Speaker

R AYMOND S CICLUNA

Clerk to the House of Representatives