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

110. (1) Whosoever shall fraudulently cause any fact or circumstance to exist, or to appear to exist, in order that such fact or circumstance may afterwards be proved in evidence against another person, with intent to procure such other person to be unjustly charged with, or convicted of, any offence, shall, on conviction, be liable to the punishment established for a false witness, in terms of the preceding articles of this sub-title.
(2) Whosoever shall lay before the Executive Police an information regarding an offence knowing that such offence has not been committed, or shall falsely devise the traces of an offence in such a manner that criminal proceedings may be instituted for the ascertainment of such offence, shall, on conviction, be liable to imprisonment for a term not exceeding one year.

Keywords

Offences against administration of justice
Presenting false or forged evidence
National penalties - offences against the administration of justice
National penalties - maximum penalty



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