Croatia

Criminal Code

CROATIA CRIMINAL CODE

SPECIAL PART

CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO (xxii)CRIMINAL OFFENSES AGAINST THE JUDICIARY

Article 309

(1) Whoever makes demands on a judge, State Attorney, notary public, Public Defense Attorney (deleted, OG 105/2004) by force, threat or another form of coercion to undertake actions or pass a decision, within or outside the framework of his authority, or whoever mediates in such acts or demands, if by so acting some other criminal offense for which a more severe punishment is prescribed is not committed, shall be punished by imprisonment for one to five years.

(2) Whoever obstructs the work of the persons referred to in paragraph 1 of this Article by insulting them grossly or disparaging them shall be punished by a fine or by imprisonment not exceeding three years.

(3) Whoever, during proceedings before a court, but prior to the rendering of the final judgment systematically expounds his opinion in the public media, at a public rally or in front of a body of persons on how the official engaged in the administration of justice should act in a particular case or which decisions he should pronounce shall be punished by a fine or by imprisonment not exceeding one year.

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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