Criminal Code (Cap. 9)
Criminal Code (Cap. 9), article 156
156. Whosoever, not being charged with the custody, care, or
conveyance of any person under arre st or sentence, shall facili tate
or be an accomplice in the escape of such person, shall, on
conviction, be liable to the puni shment established for the per son
so charged and conniving, decreased by one degree:
Provided that in the cases referred to in the last preceding
article, the offender shall be liable to the same punishment
established for the person so charged and conniving.
Assisting
criminals to
escape from
Malta.
Amended by:
XXI.1971.17;
II.1973.2;
XLIX.1981.4.
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