Cap. 220 ст. 106Offences by civiliansinrelation to courts-martial.

Where in Malta any person not subject to military law -

(a) having been duly summoned to attend as a witness before a court-martial, fails to comply with the summons; or

(b) refuses to swear on oath when duly required by a court-martial to do so; or

(c) refuses to produce any document in his custody or under his control which a court-martial has lawfully required him to produce; or

(d) when a witness, refuses to answer any question which a court-martial has lawfully required him to answer; or

(e) wilfully insults any person, being a member of a court-martial or a witness or any other person whose duty it is to attend on or before the court, while that person is acting as a member thereof or is so attending, or wilfully insults any such person as aforesaid while that person is going to or returning from the proceedings of the court; or

(f) wilfully interrupts the proceedings of a court-martial or otherwise misbehaves before the court; or

(g) does anything which would, if the court-martial had been a court having power to commit for contempt, have been contempt of that court, the president of the court-martial may certify the offence of that person under his hand to the Court of Magistrates, and that court shall thereupon cause a charge to be issued against the person named in the certificate and deal with such person in respect of the alleged offence in like manner as if the offence were that of contempt of the said court.

Offences: Procedure