ACT No. V of 2025 An ACT to further amend the Criminal Code, Cap. 9.

I assent.

(L.S.)

MYRIAM SPITERI DEBONO

President

21st February, 2025

ACT No. V of 2025

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 Short title.

No. 2) Act, 2025 and this Act shall be read and construed as one with

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

In sub-article (1) of article 412A of the Code the words "in Amendment of

those proceedings." shall be substituted by the words "in those article

the Code.

proceedings:" and immediately thereafter there shall be added the

following new proviso

"Provided that regulations made by the Minister

responsible for justice in accordance with the proviso to article

574(1) shall apply in respect of the enforcement of the conditions

imposed by the court under this sub-article, also including

insofar as they may provide for the use of electronic or other

systems for the management of bail.".

In sub-article (1) of article 574 of the Code the words "served Amendment of

on the person charged or accused." shall be substituted by the words article

the Code.

"served on the person charged or accused:" and immediately thereafter

there shall be added the following new proviso

"Provided that the Minister responsible for justice

may by regulations provide for any systems of bail management

whether electronic or otherwise, and for procedures, formalities

or modalities which are to apply in order to ensure that the

person charged or accused abides by the conditions imposed

upon him by the court when release from custody on bail of the

person charged or accused is granted subject to the condition that

the person charged or accused attends at a place on specified

days and times. Such regulations may also provide for the taking

and use of fingerprints, and the processing of any data derived

from such fingerprints by electronic means.".

Passed by the House of Representatives at Sitting No. 312 of the

17th February, 2025.

ANĠLU FARRUGIA

Speaker

ELEANOR SCERRI

Clerk of the House of Representatives

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