Cap. 455 Art. 55Offences.

(1) Any person who -

(a) hinders, obstructs, molests or interferes with, or attempts to hinder, obstruct, molest, or interfere with, any officer, employee or agent of SportMalta, or any inspector or administrator, in the execution of his duties under the law, or fails to comply with any reasonable requirement demanded of him by any such officer, employee, agent, inspector or administrator as aforesaid or otherwise to assist him in the carrying out of the said duties, or knowingly furnishes such officer or employee or agent or inspector or administrator with false information required for the purpose aforesaid; or

(b) knowingly makes a declaration or provides information for any of the purposes of this Act which is false, misleading or incorrect in any material respect; shall be guilty of an offence against this Act and shall be liable on conviction to a fine (multa).

(2) (deleted by Act LIV.2021.76).

(3) Any person who fails to comply with the provisions of this Act or of any regulations made thereunder shall be guilty of an offence under this Act and shall, unless a particular penalty is provided for in this Act or is otherwise prescribed be liable, on conviction, to a fine (multa) of not less than one hundred and sixteen euro and forty-seven cents (116.47) and not more than one thousand and one hundred and sixty-four euro and sixty-nine cents (1,164.69).

(4) The punishments provided in this Act shall be without prejudice to the application of the provisions of the Criminal Code or of any other law.