PRIVATE PART
SECTION TWELVE CRIME AGAINST JUDICIAL AUTHORITY
CHAPTER XLII. CRIME AGAINST PROCEDURE FOR EVIDENCE COLLECTION
Article 368. Destruction of Evidence
1. Destruction of evidence by a participant of justice administration,.-
shall be punishable by fine or by restriction of freedom for up to two years in length, by deprivation of the
right to occupy a position or pursue a particular activity for the term not in excess of three years.
Article 369. Fabrication of Evidences
1. Fabrication of evidence by a participant of a civil case or his/her representative,-
shall be punishable by fine or by corrective labour from one to two years in length or by jail term extending from two to four months.
2. Fabrication of the evidence related to the legal case by the prosecutor, investigator, inquirer or attorney,-
shall be punishable by imprisonment for up to three years in length, by deprivation of the right to occupy a position or pursue a particular activity for the term not in excess of three years.
3. Fabrication of the evidence related to the legal case that through negligence has given rise to any grave consequence,-
shall be punishable by prison sentences ranging from three to seven years in length, by deprivation of the right to occupy a position or pursue a particular activity for the term not in excess of three years.
Article 370. False Evidence, False Opinion or Incorrect Translation
1. Giving false evidence by the witness or victim or submitting false opinion or evidence by the expert or intentionally incorrect interpretation by the interpreter in the course of investigation or in court, - shall be punishable by fine or by socially useful labour from one hundred and eighty to two hundred and forty hours in length, or by corrective labour for up to two years in length or by jail term up to three months.
2. The same action involving charges of a grave or especially grave offence,-
shall be punishable by fine or by imprisonment for up to five years in length.
Note: The witness, plaintiff, expert or interpreter shall be released from criminal liability, if he/she, in the course of inquiry or preliminary investigation or before delivering a judgment or any other court decision, voluntarily confesses to having given false evidence or false opinion or intentionally incorrect interpretation.
Article 371. Refusal to Give Evidence by Witness or Plaintiff
Refusal to give evidence by the witness or plaintiff,-
shall be punishable by fine or by socially useful labour from one hundred and twenty to one hundred and eighty hours in length or by corrective labour up to one year in length or by jail term up to three months. Note: Criminal liability shall be lifted up from the one who refuses to give evidence against oneself or one’s close relative.
Article 372. Bribing or Compulsion of Witness, Plaintiff, Expert or Interpreter
1. Bribing or compulsion of the witness, plaintiff, expert or interpreter into giving false evidence, false opinion or incorrect interpretation,-
shall be punishable by fine or by socially useful labour from one hundred and eighty to two hundred and forty hours in length or by corrective labour up to two years in length or by jail term up to three months or by imprisonment up to two years in length.
2. Compulsion, of the witness, plaintiff, expert or interpreter into giving false evidence, false opinion or intentionally incorrect interpretation or compulsion to suppress evidence, involving a threat to kill or use violence against such person or his/her close relative, or a threat to damage or destroy property thereof,-shall be punishable by fine or by jail term from three to six months or by imprisonment up to three years in length.
3. The action referred to in Paragraph 1 of this article, perpetrated under violence,-shall bear legal consequences of imprisonment ranging from three to seven years in length.
Article 373. False Reporting
1. False reporting on crime,-
shall be punishable by fine or by socially useful labour from one hundred and eighty to two hundred and forty hours in length or by corrective labour extending from one to two years or by jail term from two to four months or by imprisonment up to two years in length.
2. The same action involving a charge of any grave or especially grave offence, or artificially creating evidence of charge,-
shall be punishable by prison sentences ranging from two to six years in length.
Offences against administration of justice
National penalties - offences against the administration of justice
National penalties - maximum penalty
National penalties - national proceedings
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