Cap. 593 Art. 5Duty to report.

(1) Any person who has knowledge, whether verbally, in writing, or otherwise, that an offence has been committed against any of the provisions of article 4, shall communicate such knowledge to the Commissioner of Police and, if he fails to do so within a period of fourteen days from the date on which he became aware of such fact, he shall be guilty of an offence:

Provided that this article shall not apply to the husband or wife, partner in a civil union or cohabitant, ascendants or descendants, the brother or sister, the father-in-law or mother-in-law, the son-in-law or daughter-in-law, the uncle or aunt, the nephew or niece and the brother-in-law or sister-in-law of a principal or an accomplice in the offence so not disclosed.

(2) The punishment for the offence referred to in sub-article (1) shall be that of imprisonment for a period of not more than one year or a fine (multa) of not less than two thousand five hundred euro (€2,500) and not more than twenty-five thousand euro (€25,000), or both such fine and imprisonment.