CROATIA CRIMINAL CODE

SPECIAL PART

CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO (xxii)CRIMINAL OFFENSES AGAINST THE JUDICIARY

Article 309

(1) Whoever makes demands on a judge, State Attorney, notary public, Public Defense Attorney (deleted, OG 105/2004) by force, threat or another form of coercion to undertake actions or pass a decision, within or outside the framework of his authority, or whoever mediates in such acts or demands, if by so acting some other criminal offense for which a more severe punishment is prescribed is not committed, shall be punished by imprisonment for one to five years.

(2) Whoever obstructs the work of the persons referred to in paragraph 1 of this Article by insulting them grossly or disparaging them shall be punished by a fine or by imprisonment not exceeding three years.

(3) Whoever, during proceedings before a court, but prior to the rendering of the final judgment systematically expounds his opinion in the public media, at a public rally or in front of a body of persons on how the official engaged in the administration of justice should act in a particular case or which decisions he should pronounce shall be punished by a fine or by imprisonment not exceeding one year.

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