Malta

Criminal Code

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 IV
OF ACCOMPLICES

42. A person shall be deemed to be an accomplice in a crime
if he -
(a) commands another to commit the crime; or
(b) instigates the commission of the crime by means of bribes, promises, threats, machinations, or culpable devices, or by abuse of authority or power, or gives instructions for the commission of the crime; or
(c) procures the weapons, instruments or other means used in the commission of the crime, knowing that they are to be so used; or
(d) not being one of the persons mentioned in paragraphs (a), (b) and (c), in any way whatsoever knowingly aids or abets the perpetrator or perpetrators of the crime in the acts by means of which the crime is prepared or completed; or
(e) incites or strengthens the determination of another to commit the crime, or promises to give assistance, aid or reward after the fact.

Keywords

Commission through another person



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