GENERAL PART

SECTION XIII. CRIMES AGAINST STATE POWER

CHAPTER 32 Crimes Against Justice

Article 350. Hindering the Appearance of Witnesses or Victims in Court and Preliminary Investigation Agencies

Hindering the appearance of witnesses or victims in court and preliminary investigation agencies,-
is punishable by a fine in the amount of up to 200 times the monthly minimum wage or deprivation of freedom for up to 2 years.

GENERAL PART

SECTION XIII. CRIMES AGAINST STATE POWER

CHAPTER 32 Crimes Against Justice

Article 353 Bribery or Forcing Witnesses, Victims, Experts or Interpreters to Give False Testimony, Opinion or Erroneous Interpretation

(1) Offering a bribe to a witness, victim, expert or interpreter in order to make them give false testimony, opinion, erroneous interpretation, is punishable by a fine in the amount of up to 500 times the monthly minimum wage or confinement for up to 6 months.

(2) Forcing a witness, victim, expert or interpreter to give false testimony, opinion, erroneous interpretation as well as forcing these persons to avoid giving testimony, connected :

a) with blackmail ;
b) with threat of murder ;
c) harm to health ;
d) destroying property of these people or their relatives,-
is punishable by limitation of freedom for a period of 1 to 3 years or imprisonment for up to 3 years.

(3) The action specified by paragraph 2 of the present article committed with violence not endangering the life or health of these people, is punishable by correctional labor for up to 2 years or deprivation of freedom for up to 5 years.

(4) The actions stipulated by paragraphs 1 or 2 of the present article, committed :

a) by an organized group ;
b) with violence endangering the life and health of the people indicated in the article, -
are punishable by deprivation of freedom for a period of 5 to 10 years.

Article 354 Enforcing the Duty to Testify by a Person Conducting Preliminary Investigation or Implementing Justice

(1) Forcing a suspect, accused, victim, witness, expert to give testimony and opinion by means of threats, blackmail or other unlawful acts by a person who conducts preliminary investigation or implements justice, is punishable by limitation of freedom for a period of 1 to 2 years, correctional labor for up to 2 years or by up to 3 years of imprisonment.

(2) The same actions :

a) supplemented with insulting, torture or any other violence ;
b) causing grave consequences, -
are punishable by imprisonment for a period of 3 to 10 years with deprivation of the right to hold certain positions or be engaged in certain activities for up to 3 years or without it.

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:
(c) Corruptly influencing a witness, obstructing or interfering with the attendance or testimony of a witness, retaliating against a witness for giving testimony or destroying, tampering with or interfering with the collection of evidence