Viet Nam

Penal Code

GENERAL PART

Chapter XXII CRIMES OF INFRINGING UPON JUDICIAL ACTIVITIES

Article 300.- Falsifying case dossiers

1. Any investigators, procurators, judges, juries, court clerks or other judicial personnel, advocates or defenders of interests of involved parties, who add, cut, amend, fraudulently exchange, destroy or damage documents and/or material evidence pertaining to cases, or employ other means with a view to falsifying the contents of dossiers on cases, shall be sentenced to between one and five years of imprisonment.

2. Committing the offense in one of the following circumstances, the offenders shall be sentenced to between three and ten years of imprisonment:
a) In an organized manner;
b) Causing serious consequences.

3. Committing the crime and causing very serious or particularly serious consequences, the offenders shall be sentenced to between seven and fifteen years of imprisonment.

4. The offenders shall also be banned from holding certain posts and/or doing certain jobs for one to five years.

Keywords

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



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