Article 312. Giving a Bribe

1. Giving a bribe to person authorised to perform state functions, or to a person equated to such person, personally or through an intermediary, -

shall be punished by a fine in an amount from two hundred up to five hundred monthly assessment indices, or in an amount of wages or other income of a given convict for a period from two to five months, or by correctional labour for a period up to two years, or by restriction of freedom for a period up to three years, or by detention under arrest for a period from three to six months, or by imprisonment for a period up to three years.

2. Giving a bribe to an official, and equally giving a bribe for the commissionof deliberately illegal actions (omission of actions), or such actions committed repeatedly, or by an organised group, -

shall be punished by a fine in an amount from seven hundred up to two thousand monthly assessment indices, or in an amount of wages or other income of a given convict for a period from seven months up to one year, or by restriction of freedom for a period up to five years, or by imprisonment for the same period.

3. Officials, in application to this Article, shall comprise the officials indicated in the note to Article 307 of this Code, as well as officials of foreign states.

Notes.

1. The transfer for the first time to a person authorised to perform state functions, or to a person equated to such personfor legal actions (omission of actions) committed by him earlier, of a gift in an amount or in value which does not exceed two monthly assessment indices, shall not entail criminal liability, if actions (their omission) committed by a person authorised to perform state functions, or by a person equated to such personwere not stipulated by a preliminary agreement.

2. A person having given a bribe shall be exempt from criminal liability, if with regard to him there was extortion of a bribe on behalf of a person authorised to perform state functions, or a person equated to such person,or if that person voluntarily communicated the fact of having given a bribe to the body which has the right to institute a criminal case concerning giving a bribe.

Article 313. Mediation in Bribery

1. Mediation in bribery, that is assisting a briber and a bribe-taker in the achievement or implementation of an agreement between them on the receipt and giving a bribe, -

shall be punished by a fine in an amount from one hundred up to three hundred monthly assessment indices, or in an amount of wages or other income of a given convict for a period from one to three months, or by correctional labour for a period up to one year, or by restriction of freedom for a period up to two years, or by detention under arrest for a period up to four months, or by imprisonment for a period up to two years.

2. The same act committed repeatedly or by an organised group, or by a person with the use of his official position, -

shall be punished by a fine in an amount from five hundred up to one thousand monthly assessment indices, or in an amount of wages or other income of a given convict for a period from five months up to one year, or by restriction of freedom for a period up to four years, or by imprisonment for the same period.

Date: 2014-12-21; view: 837