Albania

Criminal Code of the Republic of Albania

SPECIAL PART

CHAPTER IX - CRIMINAL ACTS AGAINST JUSTICE

Article 319- Asking for or receiving [unlawful] remuneration

Asking for or unlawfully receiving remuneration, gifts or other benefits, as well as procuring promises to get them, by the judge, the prosecutor, the defense lawyer, the experts, every arbitrator assigned for a case, with the intent of carrying out or avoiding to carry out an act which is connected to the function, is punishable by five to ten years of imprisonment.

Procurement conducted by the person interested in the case or by any other person for remuneration, gifts or other benefits in favor of persons cited in first paragraph of this article, is sentenced up to three years of imprisonment.

Keywords

Offences against administration of justice
Soliciting or accepting a bribe as an official of the Court



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