PART TWO
SPECIAL PART

CHAPTER EIGHT
CRIMINAL OFFENCES AGAINST PUBLIC ORDER

Title Five
Other Forms of Interfering with the Activities by Public Authorities

Section 342
Interfering with Judicial Independence

(1) Any person who exerts an influence on a judge with the aim of making him breach his duty in judicial proceedings, or who performs an action with the intention of obstructing the rights of the parties to the proceedings or of the accused to have a lawful judge, shall be liable to a term of imprisonment of one to six years.

(2) The offender shall be liable to a term of imprisonment of two to eight years if he commits the offence referred to in paragraph 1

a) by reason of specific motivation,
b) with the intention of preventing or obstructing the exercise of fundamental rights and freedoms by another, or
c) by publicly slandering a judge for his decision in a particular case.

(3) The offender shall be liable to a term of imprisonment of three to ten years if he commits the offence referred to in paragraph 1 with the intention of obtaining substantial benefit for himself or another, or causes substantial damage or other particularly serious consequence.

PART TWO
SPECIAL PART

CHAPTER EIGHT
CRIMINAL OFFENCES AGAINST PUBLIC ORDER

Title Five
Other Forms of Interfering with the Activities by Public Authorities

Section 344
Obstruction of Justice

(1) Any person who, in proceedings before the court or in criminal proceedings,

a) presents as genuine the evidence of which he knows that it is false or altered,
b) falsifies, alters or obstructs the evidence or prevents the taking of evidence,
c) obstructs or prevents the presence or the testimony of a party to the criminal proceedings, party to the proceedings before the court, witness, expert, interpreter or translator, or
d) uses violence, threat of violence or threat of other grievous harm, or who promises, offers or provides undue advantage with the aim of exerting influence on a party to the criminal proceedings, party to the proceedings before the court, witness, expert, interpreter, translator, or a body involved in criminal proceedings, shall be liable to a term of imprisonment of one to six years.

(2) The offender shall be liable to a term of imprisonment of three to eight years if he commits the offence referred to in paragraph 1

a) with the intention of obtaining substantial benefit for himself or another, or causing substantial damage or other particularly serious consequence,
b) with the intention to prevent or obstruct the exercise of fundamental rights and freedoms by another, or
c) by reason of specific motivation.

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