Article 314. Official Forgery

Official forgery, that is the introduction by a person authorised to perform state functions or by a person equated to such person, of deliberately false information into official documents, as well as the introduction into said documents of corrections which distort their actual content, or issuing deliberately false or forged documents, where these acts are committed for extraction of benefits and advantages for himself or other persons or organisations, or for causing harm to other persons or organisations,

shall be punished by a fine in an amount from one hundred up to two hundred monthly assessment indices, or in an amount of wages or other income of a given convict for a period from one to two months, or by engagement in public works for a period from one hundred eighty up to two hundred forty hours, or by correctional labour for a period up to two years, or by detention under arrest for a period up to six months, or by imprisonment for a period up to two years.

2. Same acts committed by an official person,

shall be punished by a fine in an amount from three hundred to five hundred monthly assessment indices or in an amount of wages or other income of a convict for a period from three to five months or by deprivation of freedom up to three years with deprivation of the right to hold certain positions or engage in certain types of activity for a period up to five years.

3. Acts specified in the first part of this Article, where they are committed by a person holding a senior state position,

shall be punished by a fine in an amount from five hundred to thousand monthly assessment indices or in an amount of wages or other income of a convict for a period from three to seven months or deprivation of freedom up to five years with deprivation of the right to hold certain positions or engage in certain types of activity for a period up to seven years.

Date: 2014-12-21; view: 901