GENERAL PART

Chapter Twenty-Eight
CRIMINAL OFFENCES AGAINST ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE

False Deposition

Article 284

(1) A witness, expert, appraiser, translator or interpreter who gives a false deposition before the court in a trial for misdemeanour, in the course of parliamentary investigation, or during disciplinary or administrative proceedings ; an expert or appraiser who produces a false opinion in writing ; or a translator who makes a false written translation, shall be sentenced to imprisonment for not more than three years.

(2) The same sentence shall be imposed on any party who, being heard in civil, non-contentious, execution or administrative proceedings, produces a false statement upon which the court or other competent authority has based its decision in such proceedings.

(3) For perjuring himself before the criminal court, a perpetrator shall be sentenced to imprisonment for not more than five years.

(4) If the offence under the preceding paragraph entails particularly serious consequences for the accused, the perpetrator shall be sentenced to imprisonment for not less than one and not more than eight years.

(5) If the perpetrator withdraws a false statement before a judgment is passed, he shall be punished by a fine or his punishment shall be remitted.


Tampering with Evidence

Article 285

(1) Whoever, with the intention of preventing or hindering the production of evidence, conceals, destroys or damages a document of another, or other object proposed as evidence, or renders such a document or object wholly or partly useless, shall be sentenced to imprisonment for not more than three years.

(2) The same sentence shall be imposed on whoever, with the intention under the previous paragraph, removes, destroys, damages, shifts or displaces a boundary stone, geodetic mark or any other landmark intended to designate the right of real property or the right to use water, as well as whoever, with the same intention, falsely sets up such a landmark.

(3) Whoever, with the intention of preventing or hindering the production of evidence in a criminal offence, produces evidence which he is aware of being false or falsified, shall be sentenced to imprisonment for not more than five years.


Obstruction of Judicial and Other State Authorities

Article 286

(1) Whoever, with the intention of influencing testimony or production of evidence in a trial before the court or in an administrative procedure or in the course of parliamentary investigation, applies force, threat or intimidation agains any third person, offers or gives him illegal benefits, shall be sentenced to imprisonment for not more than five years.

(2) The same sentence shall be imposed on whoever, with the intention of influencing the performance of the official duties of officials in the administration of justice, law enforcement authorities in relation to criminal proceedings, applies force, threat or intimidation against an official.

GENERAL PART

Chapter Twenty-Eight

CRIMINAL OFFENCES AGAINST ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE

False Deposition
Article 284

(1) A witness, expert, appraiser, translator or interpreter who gives a false deposition before the court in a trial for misdemeanour, in the course of parliamentary investigation, or during disciplinary or administrative proceedings; an expert or appraiser who produces a false opinion in writing; or a translator who makes a false written translation, shall be sentenced to imprisonment for not more than three years.

(2) The same sentence shall be imposed on any party who, being heard in civil, non-contentious, execution or administrative proceedings, produces a false statement upon which the court or other competent authority has based its decision in such proceedings.

(3) For perjuring himself before the criminal court, a perpetrator shall be sentenced to imprisonment for not more than five years.

(4) If the offence under the preceding paragraph entails particularly serious consequences for the accused, the perpetrator shall be sentenced to imprisonment for not less than one and not more than eight years.

(5) If the perpetrator withdraws a false statement before a judgment is passed, he shall be punished by a fine or his punishment shall be remitted.

Tampering with Evidence
Article 285

(1) Whoever, with the intention of preventing or hindering the production of evidence, conceals, destroys or damages a document of another, or other object proposed as evidence, or renders such a document or object wholly or partly useless, shall be sentenced to imprisonment for not more than three years.

(2) The same sentence shall be imposed on whoever, with the intention under the previous paragraph, removes, destroys, damages, shifts or displaces a boundary stone, geodetic mark or any other landmark intended to designate the right of real property or the right to use water, as well as whoever, with the same intention, falsely sets up such a landmark.

(3) Whoever, with the intention of preventing or hindering the production of evidence in a criminal offence, produces evidence which he is aware of being false or falsified, shall be sentenced to imprisonment for not more than five years.

Obstruction of Judicial and Other State Authorities
Article 286

(1) Whoever, with the intention of influencing testimony or production of evidence in a trial before the court or in an administrative procedure or in the course of parliamentary investigation, applies force, threat or intimidation agains any third person, offers or gives him illegal benefits, shall be sentenced to imprisonment for not more than five years.

(2) The same sentence shall be imposed on whoever, with the intention of influencing the performance of the official duties of officials in the administration of justice, law enforcement authorities in relation to criminal proceedings, applies force, threat or intimidation against an official.