60 CAP. 9.] CRIMINAL CODE Subornation or attempted subornation of witness, referee or interpreter. Amended by: XI. 1900.20; III. 2002.22; XXXI. 2007.7. 102. Whosoever, in any civil or criminal proceedings, suborns a witness, a referee, or an interpreter, to give false evidence or to make a false report or a false interpretation, shall, on conviction, be liable - Preparation or production of false documents. 103. Whosoever, in any civil or criminal proceedings, shall cause a false document to be prepared or shall knowingly produce a false document, shall be liable to the same punishment as the forger thereof. Perjury in certain criminal trials. Amended by: VIII.1909.6; XXI. 1971.12; XLIX. 1981.4; XIV. 1983.2; III. 2002.23; XVI. 2006.3. 104. (1) Whosoever shall give false evidence in any criminal proceedings for a crime liable to a punishment higher than the punishment of imprisonment for a term of two years, either against or in favour of the person charged or accused, shall, on conviction, be liable to imprisonment for a term from two to five years. Perjury in other criminal trials. Amended by: IX. 1859.9; XLIX. 1981.4; III. 2002.24. 105. Whosoever shall give false evidence in any criminal proceedings for an offence not referred to in the last preceding article, either against or in favour of the person charged or accused, shall, on conviction, be liable to imprisonment for a term from nine months to two years. Perjury in civil proceedings. Amended by: XII.1914.7; XLIX. 1981.4; III. 2002.25. 106. (1) Whosoever shall give false evidence in civil matters, shall, on conviction, be liable to imprisonment for a term from seven months to two years. (a) where the false evidence, report or interpretation has been given or made, to the punishment to which a person giving false evidence would be liable; (b) where there has only been an attempt of subornation of a witness, a referee, or an interpreter, to the same punishment decreased by one or two degrees; (c) where the subornation has been committed by the use of force, threats, intimidation or by promising, offering or giving of an undue advantage to induce false testimony, to the punishment mentioned in paragraph (a) increased by one or two degrees. (2) Where, however, the person accused shall have been sentenced to a punishment higher than that of imprisonment for a term of five years, the witness who shall have given false evidence against such person in the trial, or of whose evidence use shall have been made against such person in the trial, shall be liable to such higher punishment. (2) The provisions of subarticle (1) shall apply to any person who, being a party to a civil action, shall make a false oath. (3) Whosoever shall make a false affidavit, whether in Malta or outside Malta, knowing that such affidavit is required or intended for any civil proceedings in Malta, shall, on conviction, be liable to the punishment mentioned in subarticle (1). Perjury by referee or interpreter. 107. (1) Any referee who, in any civil or criminal proceedings, shall knowingly certify false facts, or maliciously give a false opinion, shall, on conviction, be liable to the punishment to which a false witness is liable under the preceding articles of this sub-title.