Criminal Code (Cap. 9), article 111

111. (1) Whosoever shall hinder any person from giving the necessary information or evidence in any civil or criminal proceedings, or to or before any competent authority, shall, on conviction, be liable to imprisonment for a term from four mont hs to one year or to a fine ( multa ). Suppression, destruction or alteration of traces of crime. (2) Whosoever, in any case not otherwise provided for in this Code, shall knowingly suppress, or in any other manner destroy or alter the traces of, or any circ umstantial evidence relating to an offence, shall, on conviction, be liable - (a) if the offence is a crime lia ble to a punishment not less than that of imprisonment for a term of one year, to the punishment laid down in sub-article (1); (b) in the case of any other offence, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding three months or to detention or to a fine (ammenda) of not less than two euro and thirty- three cents (€2.33). Sub-title IV OF ABUSE OF PUBLIC AUTHORITY OF UNLAWFUL EXACTION, OF EXTORTION AND OF BRIBERY Unlawful exaction. Amended by: XLIX.1981.4.