Cap. 651 Art. 10Offences.

(1) Any unauthorised person, including the person concerned, who attempts to or knowingly or deliberately tampers with or removes the electronic monitoring equipment device shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable, on conviction, to imprisonment of not less than six (6) months and not more than two (2) years or a fine (multa) of not less than eight hundred euro (€800) and not more than five thousand euro (€5,000) or to both such fine and imprisonment:

Provided that it shall be a defence for a person brought before the Court for the removal of the said electronic monitoring equipment to prove to the satisfaction of the Court that the electronic monitoring equipment was removed in a situation of emergency.

(2) Any person who acts in contravention of any provision of this Act in respect of which an offence is not established under any other article of this Act shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable to imprisonment of not more than six (6) months, or to a fine (multa) of not less than two hundred fifty euro (€250) and not more than seven hundred euro (€700), or to both such fine and imprisonment.