Cap. 143 Art. 5Penalties.

Any infringement of the provisions of article 4 shall constitute an offence punishable on conviction by a Court of

Magistrates as follows hereunder:

(a) in respect of a first offence against the provisions of article 4 by a fine (multa) of from fifty-eight euro and twenty-three cents (58.23) to one hundred and sixteen euro and forty-seven cents (116.47);

*This Act has been repealed by Act XXXIV of 2023. †See Government Notice No. 378 of 25th July, 1955.

(b) in respect of a second offence against the said provisions by a fine (multa) of from one hundred and sixteen euro and forty-seven cents (116.47) to two hundred and thirty-two euro and ninety-four cents (232.94);

(c) in respect of a third or subsequent offence against the said provisions, to imprisonment for from one to three months, and to disqualification from being an importer of cattle for six months from date of conviction, without prejudice to any confirmed order authorised under a permit issued previously to that date, in which case, however, the said disqualification shall be effective in respect of any other order as from the date of conviction until the end of six months reckoned from the date of arrival in Malta of the consignment made as a result of that confirmed order or of the last of such orders if more than one.