Cap. 9 Art. 96Assault or resistance. Cap. 595.

Whosoever assaults or resists by violence or active force not amounting to public violence, any person lawfully charged with a public duty, including a public officer and a public employee as defined in article 2 of the Public Administration Act, when in the execution of the law or of a lawful order issued by a competent authority, shall on conviction be liable:

(a) where the assault or resistance is committed by one

(1) or two (2) persons, to imprisonment for a term from one (1) year to four (4) years and to a fine (multa) of not less than six thousand euro (€6,000) and not more than fifteen thousand euro (€15,000);

(b) where the assault or resistance is committed by three (3) or more persons, to imprisonment for a term from eighteen (18) months to six (6) years and to a fine (multa) of not less than seven thousand and five hundred euro (€7,500) and not more than twenty-two thousand and five hundred euro (€22,500).