Cap. 9 Art. 298DTampering, removal, etc., of chassisorengine number.

Any person who, without the prior approval in writing of the Commissioner of Police, in any manner whatsoever, tampers, removes, alters or makes a chassis or engine identification number of, or on, any motor vehicle shall, on conviction be liable to imprisonment for a term not exceeding one year or to a fine (multa)

of not less than six hundred and ninety-eight euro and eighty-one cents

(€698.81)and not more than two thousand and three hundred and twenty-nine euro and thirty-seven cents (€2,329.37) or to both such imprisonment and fine.