Kazakhstan

Criminal Code of the Republic of Kazakhstan

THE SPECIAL PART

Chapter 15. Crimes Against Justice and the Order for Carrying Out Punishment

Article 340. An Attempt upon the Life of a Person Administering Justice or Carrying out a Preliminary Investigation

An attempt upon the life of a judge, prosecutor, investigator, a person carrying out an inquest, counsel for the defence, expert, bailiff, or court executor, as well as their relatives in relation to the consideration of cases or materials in court, carrying out a preliminary investigation, or execution of a judgement, court decision, or other judicial act, which is committed for the purposes of impeding legitimate activity of said persons, or out of revenge for such activity, -

shall be punished by imprisonment for a period from ten to twenty years, or by capital punishment, or life-time imprisonment.

Keywords

Offences against administration of justice
Retaliating against an official of the Court
National penalties - offences against the administration of justice
National penalties - maximum penalty



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