Criminal Code of Kosovo - Legislationline

Article 397
Tampering with evidence
1. Whoever, alters, removes, conceals, destroys, damages or renders unserviceable, in
whole or in part, any record, property, object or document with the intent to impair the
object’s availability for use in an official proceeding, shall be punished by a fine or by
imprisonment of six (6) months to five (5) years.
2. Whoever, with the intent to prevent or hamper the collection of evidence in court
proceedings or administrative proceedings, removes, shifts or changes the place of any
boundary marker, land marker or any other mark designed to mark ownership or real
estate or right to use water, or, with the same intent, places such markers in a misleading
manner shall be punished as provided for in paragraph 1 of this Article.
Article 398
Falsifying documents
1. Whoever draws up a false document, alters a genuine document with the intent to use
such document as genuine or knowingly uses a false or altered document as genuine shall
be punished by a fine or by imprisonment of up to three (3) years.
2. When the offense provided for in paragraph 1 of this Article is committed in relation
to a public document, will, bill of exchange, public or official registry or some other
registry kept in accordance with the law the perpetrator shall be punished by a fine or by
imprisonment of up to five (5) years.
Article 399
Special cases of falsifying documents
1. A person shall be deemed to have committed the offense of falsifying documents and
shall be punished a fine or by imprisonment of up to three (3) years, if such person:
1.1. without authorization completes a letter, blank form, or any other item which
has already been signed by another person and fills in a statement that creates a
legal relationship;
1.2. deceives another person with regard to the content of any document and such
person signs the document thinking that he or she is signing some other document
or a document with some other content;
1.3. issues a document on behalf of another person without his or her
authorization or on behalf of a person who does not exist;
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