Database of Legislation

Obstruction of Justice
  • Sectors

    • • Public officials
  • Offending Involves

    • • Physical force/threat/intimidation
  • In Order To

    • • Interfere with the exercise of official duties by a justice or law enforcement official
 Book II - Title III
 Article 243
 Chapter V

UNTOC Articles

  • Organized Crime Convention

  • Article 23: Criminalization of obstruction of justice
  • Article 11: Prosecution, adjudication and sanctions
  • Trafficking in Persons Protocol

  • Smuggling of Migrants Protocol

  • Firearms Protocol

     

    Original Text

    Article 243

    Obstructing public authority

    1. Any person who, by means of violence or serious threat of violence against an officer or agent of military, militarized or police forces, acts to oppose performance of his or her duties or compels the same to commit any act contrary to said duties is punishable with 2 to 6 years imprisonment.

    2. If the act referred to in the previous subarticle is effectively committed or prevented, the penalty is 2 to 8 years imprisonment.

     
     
     

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