Article 320. Insulting a Representative of the State Authorities

1. A public insult of a representative of the state authorities when he is executing his service duties or in relation to their execution, -

shall be punished by a fine in an amount from one hundred up to four hundred monthly assessment indices, or in an amount of wages or other income of a given convict for a period from one to four months, or by engagement in public works for a period up to one hundred eighty hours, or by correctional labour for a period up to one year, or by restriction of freedom for the same period, or by detention under arrest for a period up to three months.

2. The same act committed with the use of mass information media, -

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

Notes.

1. In this Article and other articles of the present Code, a representative of the state authorities shall be understood to mean an official of a state body who is invested, in accordance with the established procedure, with commanding powers with regard to persons who are not in service dependence upon him.

2. Public speeches which contain critical statements concerning the service activity of a representative of the state authorities shall not entail criminal liability under the present Article.

Article 321. Violence with Regard to a Representative of the State Authorities

1. Violence which is not dangerous for health or life, or a threat to use such violence, with regard to a representative of the state authorities or his relatives in relation to the execution by him of his service duties, -

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 detention under arrest for a period up to six months, or by imprisonment for a period up to five years.

2. The use of violence, which is dangerous for life or health, with regard to persons indicated in the first part of this Article, -

shall be punished by imprisonment for a period from five to ten years.

Article 321-1. Obstruction of the Activities of a Procurator and Failure to Observe His Legitimate Requirements

Failure to observe the acts of the procurator supervision, and equally obstruction of his activities, where it entails causation of substantial harm to rights and legitimate interests of citizens or organisations, or the interests of the society or the state which are protected by the law, -

shall be punished with a fine in amount up to five hundred monthly assessment indices or in amount of wages or other income of the convict for a period from two to six months, or engagement in public works for a period from one hundred and eighty to two hundred and forty hours, or arrest for a period up to six months, or deprivation of freedom for a period up to one year.

Date: 2014-12-21; view: 961