74 CAP. 9.] CRIMINAL CODE article, the offender shall be liable to the same punishment established for the person so charged and conniving. Assisting criminals to escape from Malta. Amended by: XXI. 1971.17; II. 1973.2; XLIX. 1981.4. 157. Whosoever shall knowingly provide the means for effecting an escape from Malta, whether of a person accused of a crime or of a person under arrest or sentence for a crime, or of a person under warrant of arrest for a crime, or of a person who has committed a crime although not yet sentenced nor under arrest or warrant of arrest, shall, on conviction, be liable (a) where the said crime as regards the fugitive is not liable to a punishment exceeding two years’ imprisonment, to imprisonment for a term from one to three months; (b) where the said crime as regards the fugitive is liable to a punishment exceeding two years’ but not five years’ imprisonment, to imprisonment for a term from four to six months; (c) where the said crime as regards the fugitive is liable to a punishment exceeding five years’ imprisonment, to imprisonment for a term from seven months to one year. Harbouring of criminals. Amended by: VIII.1857.1; XXI.1971.18; XLIX. 1981.4. 158. Whosoever shall knowingly harbour or cause to be harboured any person against whom there is a warrant of arrest for any offence liable to imprisonment for a term exceeding three months, or for whom the Executive Police is searching for the purpose of arresting him for any such offence, or who has escaped from arrest for any such offence, shall, on conviction, be liable to imprisonment for a term from three days to three months. Exemptions. 159. Nevertheless, the wife or husband, the ascendant or descendant, the brother or sister, the father-in-law, or mother-inlaw, 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 any fugitive or person so harboured, shall be exempted from the punishments laid down in the last two preceding articles. Escape from places of custody. Added by: I. 1903.6. 160. The provisions of articles 151 to 159 inclusively shall apply in the case of escape of any person lawfully confined from any place appointed for his custody. § O F THE V IOLATION OF P UBLIC M ONUMENTS Damage to monuments, etc. Amended by: III. 2002.31; L.N. 407 of 2007; XXIV. 2014.22. 161. Whosoever shall destroy, throw down, deface, or otherwise damage any monument, statue, or other object of art, destined for public utility or public embellishment, and erected by, or with the permission of the public authority, shall, on conviction, be liable to imprisonment for a term from six to eighteen months or to a fine (multa) not exceeding three thousand and five hundred euro (€3,500): Provided that the court may, in minor cases, apply any of