BOOK SECOND
LAWS OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
PART I
OF THE AUTHORITIES TO WHICH THE ADMINISTRATION OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE IS ENTRUSTED
Title III Of the Attorney General
435 E. (3) Pursuant to any arrangement, including any treaty, convention, agreement or understanding, to which Malta is a party or which is otherwise applicable to Malta, the Attorney General may authorise the competent authorities of another country to conduct in Malta, jointly with or under the supervision or direction of the Executive Police, investigations into criminal offences by officers acting under covert or false identity, provided that the Attorney General is satisfied of the true identity and official capacity of the officers in question and is fully informed of the nature of any documents which purport to guarantee, certify or authenticate the false identity assumed by any such officers. Notwithstanding the provisions of any other law the making or use of such documents by the said competent authorities or by such officers for the purpose or in the course of such investigations authorised as aforesaid shall be deemed to be lawful and shall not entail any liability, civil, criminal or otherwise, on the part of such authorities or officers.
(4) Any official from another country taking part in any of the operations referred to in subarticles (1) to (3), both inclusive, shall, for the purpose of any criminal liability incurred under this Code or any other law by that official or by others for conduct against that official, be deemed to be a public officer.
(5) The provisions of subarticle (4) shall apply mutatis mutandis to any official from another country taking part in any operation in Malta of the kind referred to in subarticle (3) even if none of the officers taking part in the operation is acting under covert or false identity.
(6) For purposes of this article "competent authorities of another country" and "official from another country" shall be construed as including officials of bodies set up pursuant to the Treaty on European Union as defined in article 2 of the European
Union Act.
(7) Where the Attorney General has authorised the setting up of a joint investigation team as provided in subarticle (3), the foreign officials participating in the said investigation shall be entitled to be present when investigative measures are being taken and, if so authorised by the competent officer of the Executive Police, to take investigative measures.
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