Kyrgyzstan

Criminal Code of the Kyrgyz Republic

SPECIAL PART

SECTION X. CRIMES AGAINST STATE POWER

CHAPTER 31. CRIMES AGAINST THE ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE

Article 325. Compulsion to Give Evidence

(1) Compulsion to give evidence used with regard to a suspect, defendant, victim, or witness, or coercion of an expert to make a report or give evidence through the application of threats, blackmail, or other illegal actions, by an investigator or a person conducting inquests,

Shall be punishable by imprisonment for a term of up to two years.

(2) The same act, joined with the use of violence, mockery, or torture

Shall be punishable by imprisonment for a term of two to eight years.

(3) The acts stipulated for in the first and second parts of the present Article and entailed grave consequences,

Shall be punishable by imprisonment for a term of seven to twelve 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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