Cap. 104 Art. 22Offences and general penalty.

(1) Any person who by any act or omission contravenes or fails to comply with the provisions of this Ordinance shall, unless a penalty is otherwise specifically provided, be liable to a fine

(multa) not exceeding forty-six euro and fifty-nine cents (46.59) or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding three months.

(2) Where a person is, by virtue of any power under this Ordinance or any regulations made thereunder, required to do or to abstain from doing any act or thing and makes default in complying with any such requisition, it shall be lawful for the court on the conviction of such person, in addition to any other penalty which it may impose, to order such person to comply with such requisition and to attach to any such order any condition as to time or mode of action, or otherwise, which it may think necessary to enforce compliance therewith.

(3) If a person makes default in complying with any such order as aforesaid, the court may, in its discretion, order such person to pay a sum not exceeding two euro and thirty-three cents (2.33) for every day the default continues or that he be kept in prison until he complies with the said order: Provided that any such person shall not in respect of such default be liable to the payment of any sums amounting in the aggregate to more than forty-six euro and fifty-nine cents (46.59) or to imprisonment for any periods amounting in the aggregate to more than two months in addition to any other fine or term of imprisonment to which he may otherwise be liable. generality of the foregoing provisions, may make regulations -

(a) as to the forms to be used for the purposes of this

Ordinance;

(b) as to applications for and the issue of certificates of insurance and any other documents which may be prescribed, and as to the keeping of records of documents and the furnishing of particulars thereof, or the giving of information with respect thereto to the Commissioner of Police or to the Authority for Transport in Malta, as the case may require;

(c) as to the issue of copies of any of the said certificates or other documents which are lost or destroyed;

(d) as to the custody, production, cancellation and surrender of any such certificates or other documents;

(e) with respect to applications for the making of deposits, the investment thereof or dealing therewith, the payment and rate of interest on deposit and the withdrawal thereof;

(f) as to require that a policy of insurance, insure such person, persons or classes of persons, as may be specified in the policy, against any liability for moral damages arising under any other law.

(2) The exercise of the powers conferred by this article shall be subject to any obligations or restrictions arising from Malta’s international commitments.

(3) If any person acts in contravention of or fails to comply with any regulation under this Ordinance he shall, for each offence, be liable to such maximum penalty not exceeding a fine (multa) of forty-six euro and fifty-nine cents (46.59) as may be prescribed by the regulations.