Afghanistan

Penal Code

Book Two
Felonies, Misdemeanors, Obscenities and its Punishments

Section One
Felonies and Miedemeanots Against Public Interest

CHAPTER TWENTY-FIVE : Misleading the justice (Judicial Machinery)

Article 376 :

(1) A person who, for the purpose of misleading the judicial machiney embezzles, conceals, or destroys an object or a document presented to officers of law or court, shall be sentenced to short imprisonment of not less than three months and shall be fined an amount not exceeding five thousand Afghanis.

(2) If the offender of the crime specified under the above paragraph is an official of public services, such that the objects are entrusted to him or by virtue of his occupation he becomes the trustee, he shall be sentenced to long imprisonment of not more than seven years.

Keywords

Offences against administration of justice
Corruptly influencing a witness, obstructing or interfering with the attendance or testimony of a witness, retaliating against a witness for giving testimony or destroying, tampering with or interfering with the collection of evidence
National penalties - offences against the administration of justice
National penalties - maximum penalty



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