Kyrgyzstan

Criminal Code of the Kyrgyz Republic

SPECIAL PART

SECTION X. CRIMES AGAINST STATE POWER

CHAPTER 31. CRIMES AGAINST THE ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE

Article 332. Bribery or Compulsion for Giving Testimony or for Evading Giving Testimony, or for Mistranslating

(1) Bribery of a witness or victim to give false testimony, or of an expert or specialist to give a false opinion or false testimony, or of an interpreter to make a mistranslation,

Shall be punishable by a fine in the amount of one hundred to two hundred estimated rates.

(2) Compulsion of a witness or victim to give false testimony, or of an expert or specialist to give a false opinions, or of an interpreter to make a mistranslation, and also compulsion of said persons to evade giving testimony, joined with blackmail or threat of murder, infliction of injury to human health, or destruction or damage of the property of these persons or of their relatives,

Shall be punishable by a fine in the amount of two hundred to five hundred estimated rates or by imprisonment for a term of up to three years.

(3) Acts provided for in the second part of the present Article, and committed by an organized group, with the use of violence that does not endanger the lives or health of said persons,

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

(4) Acts stipulated in the first or second part of the present Article, and committed by an organized group, or with the use of violence that endangers the lives and health of said persons,

Shall be punishable by imprisonment for a term of three 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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