Database of Legislation

Obstruction of Justice
     Title Nine
     Article 256
     Chapter Twenty-Seven

    UNTOC Articles

    • Organized Crime Convention

    • Article 23: Criminalization of obstruction of justice
    • Trafficking in Persons Protocol

    • Smuggling of Migrants Protocol

    • Firearms Protocol

       

      Original Text

      Article 256. Making a witness or victim give a false testimony, an expert witness render a false opinion or an interpreter do false interpretation

      256.1. Making a witness or victim give a false testimony, an expert witness render a false opinion or an interpreter do false interpretation by violence, giving remuneration or threatening with destruction of property shall be punishable by 200 to 300 hours of forced labor, a fine equal to 51 to 100 amounts of minimum salary, or imprisonment for a term of up to 3 years.

      256.2.The same crime committed by an organized group, or causing damage in a large or an extremely large amount shall be punishable by imprisonment for a term of more than 5 to 8 years.