Special Part

Section 11.

Crimes against state power.

Chapter 31.

Crimes against justice.

Article 343. Contemptuous treatment of court.

1. Contemptuous treatment of court which was expressed in insulting the participants of the trial, is punished with a fine in the amount of 100 to 300 minimal salaries, or with arrest for 1-2 months.

2. The same action expressed in the insult of the judge with respect to the execution of official duties of the latter, is punished with a fine in the amount of 200 to 500 minimal salaries, or correctional labor for 1-2 years, or with arrest for 2-3 months.

Special Part

Section 11.

Crimes against state power.

Chapter 31.

Crimes against justice.

Article 347. Threat or violence in relation to preliminary investigation or administration of justice.

1. Threat to murder a judge or his close relatives, to inflict damage to health, destroy or damage property, concerned with the trial of the case or material in court, is punished with a fine in the amount of 300 to 500 minimal salaries, or with imprisonment for the term of up to 3 years.

2. The same action committed against a prosecutor, an investigator, person in charge of inquiry, defense lawyer, expert, court marshal or their relatives, concerning the preliminary investigation, the trial of the case or material in court, the sentence, verdict or other act, is punished with a fine in the amount of 200 to 400 minimal salaries, or with arrest for the term of 3 to 6 months, or with imprisonment for the term of up to 2 years.

3. The action envisaged in parts 1 or 2 of this Article, committed with violence not dangerous for life or health, is punished with imprisonment for the term of up to 5 years.

4. The action envisaged in parts 1, 2 or 3 of this Article, committed with violence dangerous for life or health, is punished with imprisonment for the term of 5 to 10 years.

Article 350. Entrapment for bribe or commercial bribe.

Entrapment for bribe or commercial bribe, i.e. to create artificial evidence or to blackmail an official or an executive or a manager of a commercial or other organization, an attempt to impose on them money, securities, other property or property services, is punished with a fine in the amount of 300-500 minimal salaries, or imprisonment for up to 5 years, with or without deprivation of the right to hold certain posts or practice certain activities for up to 3 years.

Article 70
Offences against the administration of justice
1. The Court shall have jurisdiction over the following offences against its administration of justice when committed intentionally:
(d) Impeding, intimidating or corruptly influencing an official of the Court for the purpose of forcing or persuading the official not to perform, or to perform improperly, his or her duties