(1) No person shall in an election of members of the European Parliament cast his vote in Malta and in another Member State.

(2) Any person who acts in contravention of the provisions of subarticle (1) shall be guilty of an offence and shall upon conviction be liable to imprisonment for not more than six months or to a fine (multa) of not more than twenty-three thousand and two hundred and ninety-three euro and seventy-three cents (23,293.73) or to both such fine and imprisonment.

(3) For the purpose of ensuring compliance with subarticle (1) the Electoral Commission shall, sufficiently in advance of the day fixed for voting, inform the competent authority in the Home Member State of any person listed in the European Union Electoral Register who has opted to cast his vote in Malta.

(4) Where the Electoral Commission received information from the competent authority of another Member State that a person, whose name is entered in the Electoral Register or the European Union Electoral Register, has been registered in the Electoral Roll of such state, it shall for the purposes of the election of members of the European Parliament strike off that person’s name from the Electoral Register, or the European Union Electoral Register, as the case may be.