SPECIAL PART

XIX C H A P T E R N I N E T E E N
CRIMINAL OFFENCES OF CORRUPTION AND CRIMINAL OFFENCES AGAINST OFFICIAL DUTY OR
OTHER RESPONSIBLE DUTY

Giving Gifts and Other Forms of Benefits
Article 218

(1) Whoever gives or promises a gift or any other benefit to an official or responsible person in the institutions of Bosnia and Herzegovina including also a foreign official person or an international official, in order that he performs within the scope of his official powers of an act, which ought not to be performed by him, or abstains from performing of an act which ought to be performed by him, or whoever mediates in such bribing of the official or responsible person,
shall be punished by imprisonment for a term between six months and five years.

(2) Whoever gives or promises a gift or any other benefit to an official or responsible person in the institutions of Bosnia and Herzegovina including also a foreign official person or an international official, in order that he performs within the scope of his official powers an act, which ought to be performed by him, or abstains from performing of an act, which ought not be performed by him,
shall be punished by a fine or imprisonment for a term not exceeding three years.
(3) The perpetrator of the criminal offence referred to in paragraph 1 and 2 of this Article who had given a bribe on request of the official or responsible person in the institutions of Bosnia and Herzegovina including also a foreign official person or an international official, but reported the deed before it being discovered or before knowing that the deed has been discovered,
may be released from punishment.
(4) The gifts or any other benefits shall be forfeited, while in case referred to in paragraph 3 of this Article, they can be returned to the giver.

SPECIAL PART

XX C H A P T E R T W E N T Y
CRIMINAL OFFENCES AGAINST ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE

Obstruction of Justice
Article 241

a) Whoever uses physical force, threats or intimidation or the promise, offering or giving of undue advantage to induce false testimony or to interfere in the giving of testimony or the production of evidence in a criminal proceedings conducted pursuant to the law of Bosnia and Herzegovina,
shall be punished by imprisonment for a term between one and ten years.
b) Whoever uses physical force, threats or intimidation to interfere with the exercise of official duties by a judge, prosecutor or law enforcement official person in relation to a criminal proceedings conducted pursuant to the law of Bosnia and Herzegovina,
shall be punished by imprisonment for a term not less than three years.


Preventing Official Person in the Exercise of Official Duty
Article 241a.

(1) Whoever uses force or threatens to directly use force to prevent an official person in the institutions of Bosnia and Herzegovina in the exercise of his official duties within his authority, or whoever in the same way forces him to perform an official duty, shall be punished by imprisonment for a term between three months and three years.
(2) If an official person subjected to the criminal offence referred to in paragraph (1) of this Article was abused or sustained light bodily injuries or if the criminal offence was committed at gunpoint, the perpetrator shall be punished by imprisonment for a term between six months and five years.
(3) Whoever commits the criminal offence referred to in paragraphs (1) and (2) of this Article against an official person while performing tasks related to security in Bosnia and Herzegovina, while apprehending the perpetrator of a criminal offence or guarding a person deprived of liberty, shall be punished by imprisonment for a term between one and ten years.
(4) If the perpetrator of the criminal offence referred to in paragraphs (1) through (3) of this Article was provoked by an unlawful or inconsiderate treatment by the official person, the perpetrator may be relieved of punishment.


Attack against the official person on tasks of security, detection and apprehension of perpetrators of criminal offences
Article 241b.

(1) Whoever attacks or seriously threatens to attack an official person in the institutions of Bosnia and Herzegovina or a person assisting while performing tasks related to security in Bosnia and Herzegovina, while detecting or apprehending the perpetrator of criminal offences or guarding a person deprived of liberty, shall be punished by imprisonment for a term between three months and three years.
(2) If an official person or a person assisting him has sustained light bodily injuries as a result of the criminal offence referred to in paragraph (1) of this Article or if the criminal offence referred to in paragraph (1) of this Article was committed at gunpoint, the perpetrator shall be punished by imprisonment for a term between six months and five years.
(3) If an official person or a person assisting him has sustained serious bodily injuries as a result of the criminal offence referred to in paragraph (1) of this Article, the perpetrator shall be punished by imprisonment for a term between one and ten years.
(4) If the perpetrator of the criminal offence referred to in paragraphs (1) through (3) of this Article was provoked by an unlawful or inconsiderate treatment by the official person or a person assisting him, the perpetrator may be relieved of punishment.

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:
(d) Impeding, intimidating or corruptly influencing an official of the Court for the purpose of forcing or persuading the official not to perform, or to perform improperly, his or her duties