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

104. (1) Whosoever shall give false evidence in any criminal proceedings for a crime liable to a punishment higher than the punishment of imprisonment for a term of two years, either against or in favour of the person charged or accused, shall, on conviction, be liable to imprisonment for a term from two to five years.

(2) Where, however, the person accused shall have been sentenced to a punishment higher than that of imprisonment for a term of five years, the witness who shall have given false evidence against such person in the trial, or of whose evidence use shall have been made against such person in the trial, shall be liable to such higher punishment.


105. Whosoever shall give false evidence in any criminal proceedings for an offence not referred to in the last preceding article, either against or in favour of the person charged or accused, shall, on conviction, be liable to imprisonment for a term from nine months to two years.

Keywords

National penalties - offences against the administration of justice
National penalties - maximum penalty



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