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 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:
(e) Retaliating against an official of the Court on account of duties performed by that or another official