Malta

Criminal Code

BOOK FIRST PENAL LAWS

PART II
OF CRIMES AND PUNISHMENTS

Title III Of Crimes against the Administration of Justice and other Public Administrations

Sub-title III
OF CALUMNIOUS ACCUSATIONS, OF PERJURY AND OF FALSE SWEARING

102. Whosoever, in any civil or criminal proceedings, suborns a witness, a referee, or an interpreter, to give false evidence or to make a false report or a false interpretation, shall, on conviction, be liable -
(a) where the false evidence, report or interpretation has been given or made, to the punishment to which a person giving false evidence would be liable;
(b) where there has only been an attempt of subornation of a witness, a referee, or an interpreter, to the same punishment decreased by one or two degrees;
(c) where the subornation has been committed by the use of force, threats, intimidation or by promising, offering or giving of an undue advantage to induce false testimony, to the punishment mentioned in paragraph (a) increased by one or two degrees.

Keywords

Offences against administration of justice
Corruptly influencing a witness, obstructing or interfering with the attendance or testimony of a witness, retaliating against a witness for giving testimony or destroying, tampering with or interfering with the collection of evidence



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