CRIMINAL CODE
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are directed against or on a state or government
facility, an infrastructure facility, a public place or a
place accessible to the public, a public transportation
system, or of forgery of any of the Government
debentures referred to in article 166 or of any of the
documents referred to in article 167, or of the offence
mentioned in article 196, or of any other offence
against the person of a citizen of Malta or of any
permanent resident in Malta;
For the purposes of this paragraph:
"permanent resident" means a person in favour of
whom a permit of residence has been issued in
accordance with the provisions contained in article 7
of the of the Immigration Act;
"offence against the person" includes the offences
mentioned in articles 86 to 90 and in articles 211 to
205;
the expressions "state or government facility",
"infrastructure facility" and "public transportation
system" shall have the same meaning assigned to them
respectively by article 314A(4);
(e) against any person who being in Malta (i) shall have become guilty of any offence under
article 87(2) or articles 198, 199, 211, 214 to 218,
220, 249 to 251, 311, 312, 314A, 314B, 314C,
316 or 317 when committed or directed on or
against the person of a protected person or to the
prejudice or injury of such person or likely to
endanger the life or to cause serious injury to the
property, life or health of such a person, or in
connection with an attack on any relevant
premises or on any vehicle ordinarily used by a
protected person or when a protected person is
on or in the premises or vehicle; or
(ii) shall have committed any act which if
committed in Malta would constitute an offence
and such act involved the use of a bomb,
grenade, rocket, automatic firearm, letter bomb
or parcel bomb which endangered persons,
although the offences referred to in this paragraph
shall have been committed outside Malta:
Provided that for the purposes of sub-paragraph (i) of
this paragraph it shall be immaterial whether the offender
knew that the person was a protected person;
(f) against any person who (i) commits any offence in premises or in a building
outside Malta having diplomatic immunity due
to the fact that it is being used as an embassy, a
residence or for such other purpose connected
with the diplomatic service of Malta; or
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