ACT No. XIV of 2023 AN ACT to amend the Criminal Code, Cap. 9.

I assent.

(L.S.)

FRANK BEZZINA

Acting President

5th May, 2023

ACT No. XIV of 2023

AN ACT to 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) Short title.

Act, 2023 and this Act shall be read and construed as one with the

Criminal Code, hereinafter referred to as "the Code".

Article 190B of the Code shall be amended as follows

Amendment of

article 190B of

the Code.

(a) in the definition "public officer" thereof, the words

"other than Malta" shall be deleted; and

(b) immediately after the definition "national official"

thereof there shall be added the following new sub-paragraph

"(iii) any other person assigned and exercising a

public service function involving the management of or

decisions concerning the Union’s financial interests in

Member States or third countries;".

In sub-article (2) of article 190H of the Code, the words "in

article 190C(2)(a), (b) and (c) and in article 190D" shall be substituted

by the words "in article 190C(2)(a), (b), (c) and articles 190D and

190E".

Article 337C of the Code shall be amended as follows

(a) in paragraph (l) of sub-article (1) thereof, the words

"for the purpose of committing any of the acts in paragraphs (a)

to (j)" shall be substituted by the words "for the purpose of

committing any of the acts in paragraphs (a) to (k)"; and

(b) in paragraph (b) of sub-article (2) thereof, the words

"defined in sub-article (1)(a) to (j)" shall be substituted by the

words "defined in sub-article (1)(a) to (k)".

Article 337E of the Code shall be renumbered as sub-article

(1) and immediately after there shall be added the following new sub-

article

"(2) Notwithstanding sub-article (1), if the offence is

committed partially outside Malta and which had it been

committed in Malta constituted an offence contrary to the

provisions of this Sub-title, said offence shall be deemed to have

been committed in Malta.".

Passed by the House of Representatives at Sitting No. 116 of the

2nd May, 2023.

ANĠLU FARRUGIA

Speaker

RAYMOND SCICLUNA

Clerk of the House of Representatives

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