Germany

Criminal Code (Strafgesetzbuch, StGB)

SPECIAL PART

CHAPTER THIRTY
OFFENCES COMMITTED IN PUBLIC OFFICE

Section 357
Incitement of a subordinate to the commission of offences

(1) A superior who incites or undertakes to incite a subordinate to commit an unlawful act in public office or allows such an unlawful act of his subordinate to occur shall incur the penalty provided for this unlawful act.

(2) The same rule shall be applied to a public official to whom supervision or control over the official business of another public official has been transferred to the extent that the unlawful act committed by the supervised public official concerns the business subject to the supervision or control.

Keywords

Superior responsibility - national proceedings



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