Germany

Criminal Code (Strafgesetzbuch, StGB)

SPECIAL PART

CHAPTER THIRTY
OFFENCES COMMITTED IN PUBLIC OFFICE

Section 339
Perverting the course of justice

A judge, another public official or an arbitrator who in conducting or deciding a legal matter perverts the course of justice for the benefit or to the detriment of a party shall be liable to imprisonment from one to five years.

Keywords

Offences against administration of justice
National penalties - offences against the administration of justice
National penalties - maximum penalty



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