Slovakia

Criminal Code

PART TWO
SPECIAL PART

CHAPTER EIGHT
CRIMINAL OFFENCES AGAINST PUBLIC ORDER

Title Five
Other Forms of Interfering with the Activities by Public Authorities

Section 342
Interfering with Judicial Independence

(1) Any person who exerts an influence on a judge with the aim of making him breach his duty in judicial proceedings, or who performs an action with the intention of obstructing the rights of the parties to the proceedings or of the accused to have a lawful judge, shall be liable to a term of imprisonment of one to six years.

(2) The offender shall be liable to a term of imprisonment of two to eight years if he commits the offence referred to in paragraph 1

a) by reason of specific motivation,
b) with the intention of preventing or obstructing the exercise of fundamental rights and freedoms by another, or
c) by publicly slandering a judge for his decision in a particular case.

(3) The offender shall be liable to a term of imprisonment of three to ten years if he commits the offence referred to in paragraph 1 with the intention of obtaining substantial benefit for himself or another, or causes substantial damage or other particularly serious consequence.

Keywords

Offences against administration of justice
Impeding, intimidating or corruptly influencing an official of the Court
Retaliating against an official of the Court
National penalties - offences against the administration of justice
National penalties - maximum penalty
National penalties - national proceedings



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