Cap. 602 Art. 81Abscondment.  

(1) If any minor in relation to whom any minor protection order is made absconds from the premises at which he is required to live or is absent from such premises at a time when he is not permitted to be so absent, he may be apprehended without warrant by any member of the Police and taken back to such premises.

(2) Any person who knowingly compels, incites or assists or in any way aids or abets any minor to abscond or to become or continue to be absent as mentioned in sub-article (1) shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable, on conviction, to imprisonment for a term of not less than six months and not exceeding one year or to a fine (multa) of not less than six (6) months and not exceeding three (3) years or to a fine (multa) of not less than two thousand euro (€2,000) but not more than five thousand euro (€5,000), or to both such fine and imprisonment:

Provided that if following the abscondment, any person takes the minor out of Malta or assists or in any way aids or abets the minor to leave Malta, shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable, on conviction, to imprisonment for a term from two (2) to four (4) years or to a fine (multa) of not less than than five thousand euro (€5,000) but not more than ten thousand euro (€10,000), or to both such fine and imprisonment.