Tajikistan

Criminal Code of the Republic of Tajikistan (Excerpt)

GENERAL PART

SECTION XIII. CRIMES AGAINST STATE POWER

CHAPTER 32 Crimes Against Justice

Article 356. Threat or Forcible Actions In Regard to a Judge, Assessor, Prosecutor, Investigator, Bailiff, Advocate, Expert, Interpreter, Employee of Tax Bodies

(1) Threat of murder, violence, damaging or destroying property applied in relation to a judge, people's assessor, prosecutor, investigator, bailiff, advocate, expert, interpreter, employee of tax bodies or their relatives in connection with conducting preliminary investigation, examination of a case or execution of a sentence, court decision,-is punishable by correctional labor for up to 2 years or deprivation of freedom for up to 3 years.

(2) Using violence not endangering the life or health of the people pointed in paragraph 1 of the present article in connection with conducting preliminary investigation, examination of a case, or execution of a sentence, court judgment or any other judicial act, is punishable by deprivation of freedom for a period of 2 to 5 years.

(3) The actions specified in paragraphs 1 or 2 of the present article, committed with violence endangering for the life and health,- are punishable by imprisonment for a period of 5 to 8 years.

Article 357. Trespass to the Life of a Person Administering Justice or Conducting Preliminary Investigation

Trespass to the life of a judge, assessor or other persons who participate in administering justice, as well as prosecutor, investigator, attorney, expert, bailiff and their close relatives, connected with examination of cases, preliminary investigation, execution of a sentence, judgment or other judicial acts with the purpose of hindering lawful activity of these persons,- is punishable by imprisonment for a period of 10 to 20 years.

Keywords

Impeding, intimidating or corruptly influencing an official of the Court
Retaliating against an official of the Court



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