Criminal Code (Cap. 9)
Criminal Code (Cap. 9), article 97
97. If any of the offenders mentioned in the last preceding
article shall use any arm prop er in the act of the assault or
resistance, or shall have previously provided himself with any such
arm with the design of aiding such assault or resistance, and s hall,
on apprehension, be found in possession of any such arm, he sha ll
be liable to imprisonment for a term from eighteen months to si x years
and to a fine ( multa) of not less than twelve thousand euro (€12,000)
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and not more than thirty thousand euro (€30,000).
Assault or
resistance
accompanied
with public
violence.
Amended by:
XLIX.1981.4.
Substituted by:
IV .2025.5.
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