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CRIMINAL CODE [CAP. 9. 1 CHAPTER 9 CRIMINAL CODE To amend and consolidate the Penal Laws and the Laws of Criminal Procedure. 10th June, 1854 ORDER-IN-COUNCIL of the 30th of January, 1854, as amended by Ordinances: IV of 1856, VIII and IX of 1857, X of 1858, IX of 1859, V of 1868, VI of 1871, IV of 1874, III of 1877, I of 1879, III and VII of 1880, IV of 1882, III of 1885, II of 1886, IV and XVI of 1888, XIV of 1889, II of 1892, VIII of 1893, IV of 1894, III and X of 1896, IV of 1897; the Malta (Use of English Language in legal proceedings) Order-in-Council, 1899; Ordinances: III, VI, XI and XIII of 1899, XI, XII and XVI of 1900, VI and XVI of 1901, I of 1903, I and XII of 1904, XI of 1905, VIII of 1909, IV of 1910, IX of 1911, XII of 1913, II, VI and XII of 1914, IV of 1916, XIII and XIV of 1918; the Malta Constitution Letters Patent, 1921; Ordinance XVI of 1921; Acts: XII of 1922, I of 1924, XXVI of 1927, XVI of 1929; Ordinances: VI and VIII of 1930, XIII and XXVI of 1931, XVI of 1932, VI of 1933; Acts: XXVIII, XXXV and XLI of 1933; Ordinances: XXII, XXX and XXXVII of 1934, IX and XIII of 1935, XIV and XX of 1936, III and XV of 1937, I, XXIV, XXVII and XXXV of 1938, I and VI of 1939, XXIX of 1940; Government Notices Nos. 124 and 248 of 1941. Incorporating also Article 3 of Ordinance II of 1867, Ordinance IV of 1872, Article 30 of Ordinance VI of 1880 and Ordinance XXXVII of 1934. This Code was subsequently amended by Ordinances: VIII, XII and XXI of 1944, XXIV of 1946, VI of 1947; Acts: X of 1949, IX of 1950, IV of 1951, V of 1956, XII of 1957; Emergency Ordinance XX of 1959; Ordinances: XV of 1959, X of 1960, XXV of 1962; Legal Notice 4 of 1963; Acts: XVI and XXIII of 1963, XIII of 1964, XIX and XXXII of 1965; Legal Notice 46 of 1965; Acts: XXXI and XLIII of 1966, II, XXV and XXXI of 1967, XXVII of 1970, III and XXI of 1971, XXXIII of 1972, II, III, XI, XV, XXXVIII and XLVI of 1973, IV, VIII, XXXV and LVIII of 1974, XXIV, XXVII and XXXVII of 1975, III, XIV, XVIII, XIX and XXII of 1976, XI of 1977, XIII and XVIII of 1980, XLIX and LIII of 1981, IX of 1982, XIII and XIV of 1983, I of 1984, XXXII of 1986, XIII of 1987, XXII of 1988, XXIX of 1989, VIII and XXIX of 1990, XII of 1991, XIX of 1992, XXI of 1993, IV and XXIV of 1994, XXIV of 1995, XVI and XVII of 1996, XXXII of 1997, II and X of 1998, VII of 1999, X of 2000, III and VI of 2001, III, XIII, XXIV and XXXI of 2002, IX of 2003, III of 2004, I, V, VI, XIII, XX and XXII of 2005, XVI of 2006; Legal Notice 274 of 2007; Acts VI, XXIV and XXXI of 2007; Legal Notice 407 of 2007; Acts VIII of 2008, XI of 2009, VII and XXII of 2010, XXI of 2011 and VIII of 2012; Legal Notice 426 of 2012; Acts IV and XVIII of 2013; Legal Notice 246 of 2013; Acts I, II, III, IV, V, IX, XXIV, XXXI and XXXIV of 2014; Legal Notice 37 of 2015; and Acts II, III, VIII and XXXVII of 2015. 2 CAP. 9.] CRIMINAL CODE ARRANGEMENT OF CODE Articles Title 1 Preliminary Provisions 2-6 BOOK FIRST PENAL LAWS PART I OF PUNISHMENTS AND GENERAL RULES FOR THEIR APPLICATION, OF THE WILL AND AGE OF THE OFFENDER, OF ATTEMPTED OFFENCE, OF ACCOMPLICES AND OF RECIDIVISTS Title I Of Punishments and General Rules for their application 7-32 Sub-title I Of Punishments to which Offences are subject 7-15 Sub-title II General Provisions respecting the Infliction and Execution of Punishments 16-30 Sub-title III Of the Ascent and Descent from one Punishment to another 31-32 Title II Of the Will and Age of the Offender 33-40 Title III Of Attempted Offence 41 Title IV Of Accomplices 42-48 Title IV Bis Of Conspiracy 48A Title V Of Recidivists 49-54 PART II OF CRIMES AND PUNISHMENTS Title I Of Genocide, Crimes against Humanity and War Crimes 54A-54I Title I Bis Of Crimes against the Safety of the Government 55-62 Title II Of Crimes against the Public Peace 63-83A General Provision applicable to Offences which are racially aggravated or motivated by Xenophobia 83B Title III Of Crimes against the Administration of Justice and other Public Administrations 84-162 Sub-title I Of the Usurpation of Public Authority and of the Powers thereof 84-90 § Of the Usurpation of Functions 84 § Of the Unlawful Assumption by Private Persons of Powers belonging to Public Authority 85-90 Sub-title II Of Outrage and Violence against Public Officers 91-99 Sub-title III Of Calumnious Accusations, of Perjury and of False swearing 100-111 Sub-title IV Of Abuse of Public Authority 112-141 § Of Unlawful Exaction, of Extortion and of Bribery 112-121E § Of Abuses committed by Advocates and Legal Procurators 122-123 § Of Malversation by Public Officers and Servants 124-127 § Of Abuses relating to Prisons 128-130 § Of the Refusal of a Service lawfully due 131-132 § Of Abuse of Authority, and of Breach of Duties pertaining to a Public Office 133-140 General Provision applicable to Public Officers 141 Sub-title V Of the Violation of Public Archives, Public Offices, Public Places of Confinement, and Public Monuments 142-162 CRIMINAL CODE [CAP. 9. 3 Articles § Of the Breaking of Seals, and of the Purloining of Documents or Deposits from the Public Archives or other Public Offices 142-150 § Of the Violation of Public Places of Confinement, of the Escape of Persons in Custody or Suspected or Sentenced, and of the Harbouring of Offenders 151-160 § Of the Violation of Public Monuments 161-162 Title IV Of Crimes against the Religious Sentiment 163-165 Title V Of Crimes affecting Public Trust 166-190 Sub-title I Of Forgery of Papers, Stamps and Seals 166-178 Sub-title II Of Forgery of other Public or Private Writings 179-188 General Provisions applicable to this Title 189-190 Title VI Of Crimes against Public Trade 191-195 Of Bankruptcy Offences 191-195 Title VII Of Crimes affecting the Good Order of Families 196-210 Sub-title I Of Crimes relating to the Reciprocal Duties of the Members of a Family 196-197 Sub-title II Of Crimes against the Peace and Honour of Families and against Morals 198-209 Sub-title III Of Crimes tending to Prevent or Destroy the Proof of the Status of a Child 210 Title VIII Of Crimes against the Person 211-257 Sub-title I Of' Wilful Homicide 211-213 Sub-title II Of Wilful Offences against the Person 214-222A Sub-title III Of Justifiable Homicide or Bodily Harm 223-224 Sub-title IV Of Involuntary Homicide or Bodily Harm 225-226B Sub-title V Of Excuses for the Crimes referred to in the foregoing Sub- titles of this Title 227-238 Sub-title VI Of the Concealment of Homicide or Bodily Harm, and of the Concealment of Dead Bodies 239-240 Sub-title VII Of Abortion, of the Administration or Supplying of Substances Poisonous or Injurious to Health,and of the Spreading of Disease 241-244A Sub-title VIII Of Infanticide and of the Abandonment, Exposure and Ill- treatment of Children 245-248 Bis Sub-title VII Of the Traffic of Persons 248A-248E Bis Sub-title IX Of Threats, Private Violence and Harassment 249-251D Sub-title X Of Defamation, and of the Disclosing of Secret Matters 252-257 Title IX Of Crimes against Property and Public Safety 261-337H Sub-title I Of Theft 261-289 § Of Aggravated Theft 261-283A § Of Simple Theft 284-288 General Provision applicable to this Sub-title 289 Sub-title II Of other Offences relating to Unlawful Acquisition and Possession of Property 290-292 Sub-title III Of Fraud 293-310C Sub-title IV Of Crimes against Public Safety, and of Injury to Property 311-328 Sub-title IV A Of Acts of Terrorism, Funding of Terrorism and Ancillary Offences 328A-328M Sub-title IV B Of Piracy 328N-328O General Provisions applicable to this Title 329-337AA Sub-title V Of Computer Misuse 337B-337H PART III OF CONTRAVENTIONS AND PUNISHMENTS Title I Of Contraventions 338-340 Sub-title I Of Contraventions affecting Public Order 338 Sub-title II Of Contraventions against the Person 339 4 CAP. 9.] CRIMINAL CODE Sub-title III Of Contraventions against Property 340 Articles Title II Of the Punishments for Contraventions 341-344 General Provision 345 BOOK SECOND LAWS OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE PART I OF THE AUTHORITIES TO WHICH THE ADMINISTRATION OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE IS ENTRUSTED Title I Of the Powers and Duties of the Executive Police in respect of Criminal Prosecutions 346-366 General 346-350 Sub-title I Power to Stop and Search 351-354 Sub-title II Road Checks 355-355D Sub-title III Powers of Entry, Search and Seizure under Warrant 355E-355J Sub-title IV Powers of Entry and Search without Warrant 355K-355O Sub-title V Seizure and Retention 355P-355U Sub-title VI Powers of Arrest and Detention 355V-355AF Sub-title VII Warrants 355AG- 355AK Sub-title VIII Detention 355AL- 355AR Sub-title IX Rights of Persons Detained 355AS- 355AU Sub-title X Taking of Samples, Fingerprinting and other Investigative 355AV-BC Procedures Sub-title XI Powers and Duties of the Police in respect of Court Proceedings 356-366 Title II Of the Court of Magistrates 367-429 Sub-title I Of the Court of Magistrates as Court of Criminal Judicature 370-388 Sub-title II Of the Court of Magistrates as Court of Criminal Inquiry 389-409A General Provisions applicable to the Court of Magistrates, whether as Court of Criminal Judicature or as Court of Criminal Inquiry 410-412D Sub-title III Of Appeals from Judgments of the Court of Magistrates as Court of Criminal Judicature 413-429 Title III Of the Attorney General 430-435E Title IV Of the Criminal Court 436-496 Title V The Court of Criminal Appeal 497-515 Provisions applicable to the Courts of Criminal Justice 516-534 PART II OF MATTERS RELATING TO CERTAIN MODES OF PROCEDURE AND TO CERTAIN TRIALS Title I Of Reports, Informations and Complaints 535-545 Title II Of Inquiries relating to the ''In genere'', Inquests and ''Reperti'' 546-569 Title III Of Counsel for the Accused 570-573 Title IV Of Bail 574-587 Title V Of the Indictment 588-602 CRIMINAL CODE [CAP.