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SECTION X. CRIMES AGAINST STATE POWER

CHAPTER 31. CRIMES AGAINST THE ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE

Article 317. Obstruction of the Administration of Justice

(1) Interference in any form in the functioning of the Court, for the purpose of obstructing the administration of justice,

Shall be punishable by a fine in the amount of two hundred to five hundred estimated rates with disqualification to hold specified offices or to engage in specified activity for a term of up to three years or by imprisonment for a term of up to two years.

(2) A deed stipulated by the first part of the present Article, committed by a person by using his official position,

Shall be punishable by a fine in the amount of five hundred to one thousand of estimated rates or by imprisonment for a term of up to five years with disqualification to hold specified offices or to engage in specified activity for a term of up to three years.

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SECTION X. CRIMES AGAINST STATE POWER

CHAPTER 31. CRIMES AGAINST THE ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE

Article 318. Obstruction of the Preliminary Investigation

(1) Interference in any form in the activity of a procurator, investigator, and a person conducting inquests for the purpose of obstructing the comprehensive, full, and objective investigation of a case,
Shall be punishable by a fine in the amount of one hundred to two hundred estimated rates.

(2) A deed envisaged in the first part of the present Article committed by a person using his official position,

Shall be punishable by a fine in the amount of five hundred to one thousand estimated rates or by imprisonment for a term of up to five years with disqualification to hold specified offices or to engage in specified activity for a term of up to three years.

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SECTION X. CRIMES AGAINST STATE POWER

CHAPTER 31. CRIMES AGAINST THE ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE

Article 325. Compulsion to Give Evidence

(1) Compulsion to give evidence used with regard to a suspect, defendant, victim, or witness, or coercion of an expert to make a report or give evidence through the application of threats, blackmail, or other illegal actions, by an investigator or a person conducting inquests,

Shall be punishable by imprisonment for a term of up to two years.

(2) The same act, joined with the use of violence, mockery, or torture

Shall be punishable by imprisonment for a term of two to eight years.

(3) The acts stipulated for in the first and second parts of the present Article and entailed grave consequences,

Shall be punishable by imprisonment for a term of seven to twelve years.

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SECTION X. CRIMES AGAINST STATE POWER

CHAPTER 31. CRIMES AGAINST THE ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE

Article 332. Bribery or Compulsion for Giving Testimony or for Evading Giving Testimony, or for Mistranslating

(1) Bribery of a witness or victim to give false testimony, or of an expert or specialist to give a false opinion or false testimony, or of an interpreter to make a mistranslation,

Shall be punishable by a fine in the amount of one hundred to two hundred estimated rates.

(2) Compulsion of a witness or victim to give false testimony, or of an expert or specialist to give a false opinions, or of an interpreter to make a mistranslation, and also compulsion of said persons to evade giving testimony, joined with blackmail or threat of murder, infliction of injury to human health, or destruction or damage of the property of these persons or of their relatives,

Shall be punishable by a fine in the amount of two hundred to five hundred estimated rates or by imprisonment for a term of up to three years.

(3) Acts provided for in the second part of the present Article, and committed by an organized group, with the use of violence that does not endanger the lives or health of said persons,

Shall be punishable by imprisonment for a term of up to five years.

(4) Acts stipulated in the first or second part of the present Article, and committed by an organized group, or with the use of violence that endangers the lives and health of said persons,

Shall be punishable by imprisonment for a term of three to ten years.

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