CRIMINAL CODE
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Sub-title II
OF OUTRAGE AND VIOLENCE AGAINST P UBLIC OFFICERS
91. Whosoever by violence or threats compels a public officer
to do or not to do any act appertaining to his office, shall, on
conviction, be liable to imprisonment for a term from one to five
years and to a fine (multa) of not less than four thousand euro
(4,000) and not more than ten thousand euro (10,000).
Violence and
threats against
public officers.
Amended by:
V. 2014.2.
92. The general expression "public officer", includes not only
the constituted authorities, civil and military, but also all such
persons as are lawfully appointed to administer any part of the
executive power of the Government, or to perform any other public
service imposed by law, whether it be judicial, administrative or
mixed.
Definition of
"public officer".
93. (1) Whosoever reviles or threatens a judge, or the
Attorney General, or a magistrate or a juror, while in the exercise
of his functions or because of his having exercised his functions, or
with intent to intimidate or unlawfully influence him in the exercise
of his functions, shall, on conviction, be liable to imprisonment for
a term from nine to eighteen months and to a fine (multa) of not
less than five hundred euro (500) and not more than one thousand
five hundred euro (1,500).
Reviling or
threatening judge,
Attorney General,
magistrate or juror.
Amended by:
VI.1871.6;
XI.1900.16;
L.N. 46 of 1965;
LVIII. 1974.68;
V. 2014.3.
(2) If the object of the vilification is that of damaging or
diminishing the reputation of the person against whom it is
directed, the punishment shall be imprisonment for a term from
twelve months to two years and to a fine (multa) of not less than
seven hundred euro (700) and not more than two thousand and five
hundred euro (2,500).
Aggravating
circumstance.
(3) Where the threat is of a crime, the punishment shall be
imprisonment for a term from eighteen months to three years and to
a fine (multa) of not less than one thousand five hundred euro
(1,500) and not more than four thousand euro (4,000), and if the
threat be made by means of any writing, whether anonymous or
signed in one’s own name or in a fictitious name, the punishment
shall be increased by one degree, and in either case, the offender
may be required to enter into a recognizance as provided in articles
3 8 3 , 3 8 4 a n d 3 8 5 , w i t h o r w i t h o u t s u r e t y, a c c o r d i n g t o
circumstances.
(4) Where the offences referred to in this article are committed
against an officer of the Attorney General’s office, when acting
under the direction of the Attorney General in anything in which
the Attorney General is to act in his own individual judgement or in
connection with his office, the offender shall be liable to the same
punishment established in the preceding sub-articles.