GENERAL PART

Chapter VII
CRIMINAL PUNISHMENT

Article 70. Imprisonment

(1) Imprisonment is the deprivation of the liberty of a person guilty of the commission of a crime by the forced isolation of the person from his/her normal living environment and confinement in a penitentiary for a certain term based on a court decision.

(2) Imprisonment shall be set for a term of from 3 months to 20 years.

(3) When setting the punishment for a person who at the date of the commission of the crime was aged under 18, the term of imprisonment shall be determined from the maximum punishment established by criminal law for the crime committed reduced by half.

(4) When setting the final punishment in a case of a cumulation of crimes, imprisonment may not exceed 25 years for adults and 12 years and 6 months for juveniles, and in a case of a cumulation of sentences, it cannot exceed 30 years for adults and 15 years for juveniles.

(5) In a case of substitution of life imprisonment with a milder punishment as mercy, imprisonment for 30 years shall be applied.

GENERAL PART

Chapter VII
CRIMINAL PUNISHMENT

Article 71. Life Imprisonment

(1) Life imprisonment is the deprivation of the liberty of the convict for the entire rest of his/her life.

(2) Life imprisonment shall be set only for exceptionally serious crimes.

(3) Life imprisonment may not be applied to women and juveniles.

SPECIAL PART

Chapter XIV
CRIMES AGAINST JUSTICE

Article 303. Interference with the Dispense of Justice and with Criminal Investigations

(1) Interference in any form with the examination of cases by courts in order to hinder the
comprehensive, complete, and objective examination of a specific case or in order to obtain an illegal court decision shall be punished by a fine in the amount of 200 to 500 conventional units or by community service for 180 to 240 hours or by imprisonment for up to 2 years.

(2) Interference in any form with the activities of criminal investigative bodies in order to hinder the speedy, complete, and objective investigation of a criminal case shall be punished by a fine of up to 350 conventional units or by community service for 180 to 240 hours.

(3) The actions set forth in par. (1) or (2) committed with the use of an official position shall be punished by a fine in the amount of 400 to 600 conventional units or by imprisonment for up to 4 years, in both cases with the deprivation of the right to hold certain positions or to practice certain activities for up to 3 years.

SPECIAL PART

Chapter XIV
CRIMES AGAINST JUSTICE

Article 308. Illegal Detention or Arrest

(1) The deliberate illegal detention of a person by the person conducting a criminal investigation shall be punished by imprisonment for up to 2 years with the deprivation of the right to hold certain positions or to practice certain activities for up to 5 years.

(2) The deliberate illegal arrest of person by a judge shall be punished by imprisonment for up to 3 years with the deprivation of the right to hold certain positions or to practice certain activities for up to 5 years.

[Par.3 art.308 excluded by Law No. 277-XVI dated 18.12.2008, in force as of 24.05.2009]

(4) The actions set forth in par. (1) or (2) that cause severe consequences shall be punished by imprisonment for 3 to 7 years with the deprivation of the right to hold certain positions or to practice certain activities for up to 5 years.

SPECIAL PART

Chapter XIV
CRIMES AGAINST JUSTICE

Article 309. Coercion to Testify

(1) Coercing a person by threats or other illegal acts to testify during an interrogation, coercing in the same way an expert to offer a conclusion, or coercing a translator or an interpreter to provide an incorrect translation or interpretation committed by the person conducting a criminal investigation shall be punished by imprisonment for up to 3 years with the deprivation of the right to hold certain positions or to practice a certain activity for up to 5 years.

(2) The same action involving :

a) violence ;
b) cruel, inhumane, or degrading treatment ;
c) a plea bargaining agreement,
shall be punished by imprisonment for 3 to 8 years with the deprivation of the right to hold certain positions or to practice certain activities for up to 5 years.

SPECIAL PART

Chapter XIV
CRIMES AGAINST JUSTICE

Article 309(1). Torture

(1) Deliberately inflicting severe physical or mental pain or suffering on a person specifically in order to obtain from that person or from a third person information or confessions, to punish the person for an act which he/she or a third person committed or is suspected of having committed, or for any other reason based on whatever form of discrimination provided that such pain or suffering is caused by an official or any other person acting in an official basis, or upon incitement or express or tacit consent of such persons, except for pain or suffering resulting exclusively from legal sanctions that are inherent to these sanctions or caused by such sanctions shall be punished by imprisonment for 2 to 5 years with the deprivation of the right to hold certain positions or to practice certain activities for up to 5 years.

(2) The organization of or the incitement to torture shall be punished by imprisonment for 3 to
8 years with the deprivation of the right to hold certain positions or to practice a certain activity for up to 5 years.

(3) The actions set forth in par. (1) or (2) committed :

a) against a person known to be a juvenile or a pregnant woman or taking advantage of the victim's known or obvious helpless condition caused by advanced age, disease, physical or mental handicap or another factor ;
[Letter b) excluded by Law No. 277-XVI dated 18.12.2008, in force as of 24.05.2009]
c) by two or more persons ;
[Letter d) excluded by Law No. 277-XVI dated 18.12.2008, in force as of 24.05.2009]
e) with the use of special torture tools or other objects adjusted for this purpose ;
f) by a high-ranking official ;
shall be punished by imprisonment for 5 to 10 years with the deprivation of the right to hold certain positions or to practice certain activities for 2 to 5 years.

SPECIAL PART

Chapter XIV
CRIMES AGAINST JUSTICE

Article 310. Falsification of Evidence

(1) The falsification of evidence in a civil case by a participant in a hearing or by his/her representative shall be punished by a fine in the amount of 500 to 800 conventional units or
by community service for 180 to 240 hours, in both cases with (or without) the deprivation of
the right to hold certain positions or to practice certain activities for 2 to 5 years.

(2) The falsification of evidence in a criminal case by the person conducting a criminal investigation, a prosecutor or the attorney acting in the criminal case shall be punished by a fine in the amount of 500 to 1000 conventional units or by imprisonment for up to 3 years, in both cases with the deprivation of the right to hold certain positions or to practice certain activities for 2 to 5 years.

SPECIAL PART

Chapter XIV
CRIMES AGAINST JUSTICE

Article 312. False Statements, Expert Conclusions, or Incorrect Translations

(1) A deliberate false statement by a witness or the injured party or a false expert conclusion by a specialist or expert or an incorrect translation or interpretation by a translator or the interpreter provided that such an action was committed in the course of a criminal investigation or case hearing shall be punished by a fine of up to 300 conventional units or by community service for 180 to 240 hours or by imprisonment for up to 2 years, in all cases with (or without) the deprivation of the right to hold certain positions or to practice certain activities for up to 2 years.

(2) The same actions :

a) involving serious, especially serious or exceptionally serious crimes ;
b) committed for purposes of profit ;
c) involving the artificial fabrication of incriminating evidence, ;
shall be punished by a fine in the amount of 200 to 800 conventional units or by imprisonment for up to 5 years, in both cases with (or without) the deprivation of the right to hold certain positions or to practice certain activities for up to 3 years.

SPECIAL PART

Chapter XIV
CRIMES AGAINST JUSTICE

Article 314. Coercion to Make False Statements, False Expert Conclusions, or Incorrect Translations or to Evade Such Obligations

(1) Coercing a witness or an injured party to make false statements, coercing an expert to provide false expert conclusions or statements, coercing an interpreter or translator to provide an incorrect interpretation or translation or to evade such obligations shall be punished by a fine in the amount of 200 to 500 conventional units or by imprisonment for up to 3 years.

(2) The same action :

a) committed by an organized criminal group or a criminal organization
[Letter b) excluded by Law No. 277-XVI dated 18.12.2008, in force as of 24.05.2009]
shall be punished by a fine in the amount of 300 to 800 conventional units or by imprisonment for up to 5 years.