Cap. 159 Art. 31Penalties.

(1) Any industrialist who contravenes or fails to comply with any of the conditions of the grant of any aid made to him under this Ordinance shall be guilty of an offence and shall, without prejudice to any other liability under the provisions of this

Ordinance, be liable on conviction to a fine (multa) not exceeding -

(a) in respect of a first offence, two hundred and thirty-

two euro and ninety-four cents (232.94); or

(b) in respect of a second or subsequent offence, one thousand and one hundred and sixty-four euro and sixty-nine cents (1,164.69).

(2) Where an industrialist has been convicted of an offence under subarticle (1), then at any time after such conviction, if the grant of the aid to which the offence relates has been revoked in accordance with the provisions of this Ordinance, the President of Malta may, after consultation with the Corporation, direct the Chairman of the Corporation to apply to the court before which the industrialist has been convicted for a decree ordering the industrialist to repay to the Government, within such period as the court shall fix, the full amount of any sums which would have been payable by him to the Government but for the provisions of this Ordinance relating to such grant, or, if a part thereof has already been paid under article 30, any unpaid balance thereof or such lesser proportion thereof as the President of Malta may fix having regard to all the circumstances and, on such decree being made, such amount shall be deemed to be a fine (multa) and articles 14 and 29 of the Criminal Code shall mutatis mutandis apply to such relation to which the decree has been made.

(3) A decree made by the Court of Magistrates under subarticle

(2) of this article may, in all cases, be appealed against by the Attorney General and the industrialist against whom the decree has been made and, subject to this, all the provisions of the Criminal Code relating to appeals shall, mutatis mutandis, apply to any such decree.

(4) Any industrialist who contravenes or fails to comply with any of the provisions of article 3(6) and (7) shall be guilty of an offence and shall, without prejudice to any other liability under this Ordinance, be liable on conviction to a fine (ammenda) not exceeding one hundred and sixteen euro and forty-seven cents (116.47).

(5) Any industrialist who contravenes or fails to comply with any of the provisions of article 9 of this Ordinance shall be guilty of an offence and shall, without prejudice to any other liability under this Ordinance, be liable on conviction to a fine (multa) not exceeding five hundred and eighty-two euro and thirty-four cents (582.34).

(6) Any industrialist who contravenes or fails to comply with the provisions of article 10 shall be guilty of an offence and shall, without prejudice to any other liability under this Ordinance, be liable on conviction to a fine (multa) of three times the value of the article in respect of the disposal of which he contravenes or fails to comply with such provision.