Azerbaijan

Criminal Code of the Azerbaijan Republic

ESPECIAL PART

SECTION XI
CRIMES AGAINST STATE POWER

CHAPTER 32
CRIMES AGAINST JUSTICE

Article 293. Compulsion to evidence

293.1. Compulsion suspected, accused, suffering, witness to evidence at interrogation, and also expert to a summer residence of conclusion by application of threats, blackmail, humiliation of advantage or other illegal actions by prosecutors office, investigator or person making inquiry, or at their instigation -
is punished by imprisonment for the term up to three years.

293.2. The same act committed with application of torture -
is punished by imprisonment for the term from five up to ten 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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