Uzbekistan

Criminal Code of the Republic of Uzbekistan

SPECIAL PART

SECTION FIVE. CRIMES AGAINST ORDER OF GOVERNANCE OF AUTHORITIES, ADMINISTRATION BODIES, AND PUBLIC ASSOCIATIONS

CHAPTER 16. CRIMES AGAINST JUSTICE

Article 236. Interference in Investigation or Consideration of Cases in Court

Interference in investigation or consideration of cases in court, that is illegal influence in any form on an inquiry officer, investigator, or prosecutor with the purpose to impede thorough, full and objective investigation of a case or on a judge for rendering an unjust sentence, decision, finding, or ruling –
shall be punished with correctional labor up to three years or imprisonment up to three years.

The same action that has been committed by an official –
shall be punished with arrest up to six months or imprisonment from three to five years with deprivation of certain right.

Keywords

Impeding, intimidating or corruptly influencing an official of the Court
Retaliating against an official of the Court
Soliciting or accepting a bribe as an official of the Court



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