Criminal Code (Cap. 9), article 251AA

251AA. (1) A person who: (a) pursues a course of co nduct in breach of article 251A(1), and (b) the course of conduct amounts to stalking, shall be guilty of an off ence under this article. (2) For the purposes of paragraph ( b) of sub-article (1) of this article and article 251BA(1)( a), a person’s course of conduct amounts to stalking of another person if: (a) it amounts to harassment of that person, (b) it constitutes any of the acts mentioned in sub-article (3), (c) the person, whose course of conduct it is, knows or ought to know that the course of conduct amounts to harassment of the other person, and (d) it is repeated conduct that causes the other person to fear for his safety. (3) The following act s shall be deemed to be acts of stalking: (a) following a person, (b) contacting, or attempting to contact, a person by any means, (c) publishing, by any means, any statement or other material - (i) relating or purporting to relate to a person, or (ii) purporting to originate from a person, (d) monitoring the use by a person of the internet, email or any other form of electronic communication, (e) loitering in any place, w hether public or private, (f) interfering with any property in the possession of a person, (g) watching or spying on a person. (4) A person guilty of an offence under this article shall be liable to the punishment of imprisonment for a term from one to two years or to a fine ( multa ) not exceeding ten thousand euro (€10,000), or to both such fine and imprisonment: Provided that the punishment shall be increased by one degree when the offence is committed against any person mentioned in article 222(1). Causing others to fear that violence will be used against them. Added by: XX.2005.15. Amended by: L.N. 407 of 2007; III.2020.5.