A CRIMINAL CODE Trafficking in influence is the claiming receiving or accepting the promise of money or other benefits directly or indirectly for oneself or for another committed by a person who has influence or is believed to have influence over a public official and who promises that will cause him to perform not to perform to expedite or delay the performance of an act that is part of his official duties or to perform an act contrary to these duties . paragraph.
The punishment is from to years according to the current Penal Code Country Email List paragraph before its amendment it was from to years the lower limit remaining constant and an increase of the upper limit by years. Money valuables or any other goods received are subject to confiscation and when they are no longer found confiscation is ordered by equivalent. paragraph . PURCHASE OF INFLUENCE ART. CRIMINAL CODE or other benefits for oneself or for another directly or indirectly to a person who has influence or lets it be believed that he has influence over a public official in order to induce him to fulfill not fulfill to expedite or delay.
The performance of an act that is part of his official duties or to perform an act contrary to these duties is the subject of the purchase of influence para. The punishment consists of deprivation of liberty between and years as well as the prohibition of the exercise of certain rights paragraph previously providing for an upper limit of years. The Criminal Code adds the following the perpetrator is not punished if he denounces the act before the criminal investigation body has been notified about it paragraph the money valuables or any other goods are returned to the person who gave them if.