S.L. 573.16 Art. 6Illegal occupation. 

Every application whereby it is ascertained by the authority that the conditions prescribed in regulation 5(1) exist and that the applicant has no valid legal title on the adjacent Government-owned property, the applicant shall, without prejudice to any other provision of the Act, be liable to an administrative penalty of five hundred euro (€500) for every extra square meter that has been occupied illegally: CONCESSION TO THE EMPHYTEUTA, TENANT OR OPERATOR OF GOVERNMENT-OWNED COMMERCIAL 573.16 PROPERTY

Provided that every such application where it is established that the property or part of the property is not duly covered by a development permit or any third party rights are being breached, shall be excluded from the emphytheutical concession:

Provided further that the administrative penalty shall not be applicable to merging of properties covered by a valid title.