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Macolin Convention on Competition Manipulation
Legal Commentary and Sports Integrity Database

Malta

Regulations

I. General criminal law provisions

  1. Criminal Code
  • Bribery of public officials  : Art. 112 ss, Criminal Cod
  • Embezzlement : Art. 112 ss, Criminal Code

II. Sport-specific criminal law provisions

Prevention of Corruption in Sport Act of 2018

  • Article 2

"Manipulation of a sporting event" means an act or omission by virtue of which any person makes an intentional arrangement, aiming at or successfully accomplishing : 

(a) the deliberate alteration of the outcome of any sporting event;

(b) the deliberate alteration of any of the aspects of a sporting event and the unpredictable nature of the sporting event, irrespective of whether such alteration affects the final outcome of the sporting event and whether such alteration, if any, is achieved as a direct or indirect consequence of the act or omission;

(c) the provision of inside information to third parties in a manner that assists or facilitates the commission of an offence against this Act;

(d) the actual acquisition of inside information with the intent of providing such information to third parties; or

(e) the aiding, abetting, encouragement and/or inducement in any other way, of third parties to commit any one or more of the aforementioned acts, which may result in an undue advantage or gain for that person or for others. 

  • Article 4

Whosoever engages in the manipulation of a sporting event as defined in this Act shall be guilty of an offence, and shall, on conviction, be liable to imprisonment for a period of not more than three years and to a fine (multa) from five thousand euro (€5,000) to thirty thousand euro (€30,000) or to both such fine and imprisonment.

  • Article 11

There shall be a body corporate known as the Sports Integrity Unit.

Last update: 25.11.2022