Montenegro

Criminal Code of the Republic of Montenegro

SPECIAL PART

TITLE THIRTY-FOUR
CRIMINAL OFFENCES AGAINST OFFICIAL DUTY

Active Bribery
Article 424

(1) Anyone who gives, offers or promises a gift or other undue advantage for himself or for another person to a public official or another person for agreeing to perform and official or other act he must not perform or not to perform an official or other act he must perform or anyone who intercedes in bribing a public official in the manner described above shall be punished by a prison term from six months to five years.

(2) Anyone who gives, offers or promises a gift or other undue advantage to a public official or other person for agreeing to perform an official or other act he must perform or not to perform an official or other act he must not perform, or anyone who intercedes in bribing a public official in the manner described above shall be punished by a prison term up to three years.

(3) The provisions of paras 1 and 2 above shall also apply where a gift or other undue advantage was given, offered or promised to a foreign public official.

(4) The punishment may be remitted where a perpetrator of the offences under paras 1, 2 and 3 above had reported the criminal offence before he learned that the crime had been detected.

(5) The provisions of paras 1, 2 and 4 above shall also apply when a gift or other undue advantage was given, offered or promised to a a responsible officer or other person in an institution or another non-commercial entity.

Keywords

Offences against administration of justice
Impeding, intimidating or corruptly influencing an official of the Court
National penalties - offences against the administration of justice
National penalties - maximum penalty



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