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Criminal Code of Kosovo - Legislationline

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Article 402<br />

Failure to execute court decisions<br />

1. The <strong>of</strong>ficial or responsible person who refuses to execute any final order, ruling,<br />

decision or judgment <strong>of</strong> any court in the Republic <strong>of</strong> <strong>Kosovo</strong> or who fails to execute the<br />

decision pursuant to the time frame provided by law or the time frame specified in the<br />

decision shall be punished by a fine or imprisonment <strong>of</strong> up to two (2) years.<br />

2. When the <strong>of</strong>fense provided for in paragraph 1 <strong>of</strong> this Article causes a severe violation<br />

<strong>of</strong> human rights or substantial material damage, the perpetrator shall be punished by<br />

imprisonment <strong>of</strong> six (6) months <strong>of</strong> up to five (5) years.<br />

3. If the perpetrator <strong>of</strong> the criminal <strong>of</strong>fense provided for in paragraph 1 <strong>of</strong> this Article<br />

executes the final decision <strong>of</strong> the court, the prosecution will not be undertaken.<br />

Article 403<br />

Legalization <strong>of</strong> false content<br />

1. Whoever misleads a competent authority into certifying any untrue matter designed to<br />

serve as evidence <strong>of</strong> a legal matter in a public document, register or book shall be<br />

punished by imprisonment <strong>of</strong> three (3) months to five (5) years.<br />

2. Whoever uses such a document, register or book even though he or she knows it to be<br />

false shall be punished as provided for in paragraph 1 <strong>of</strong> this Article.<br />

Article 404<br />

Uprising <strong>of</strong> the persons deprived <strong>of</strong> liberty<br />

1. Whoever, in the institution where he or she is detained on the basis <strong>of</strong> a lawful<br />

decision ordering the deprivation <strong>of</strong> liberty, organizes an uprising <strong>of</strong> persons deprived <strong>of</strong><br />

liberty with the intent to release themselves by force or to attack jointly the <strong>of</strong>ficial<br />

persons in such institution or to compel, through the use <strong>of</strong> force or serious threat, any<br />

person to do or abstain from doing an act in violation <strong>of</strong> their duty shall be punished by<br />

imprisonment <strong>of</strong> one (1) to five (5) years.<br />

2. A participant in the uprising provided for in paragraph 1 <strong>of</strong> this article shall be<br />

punished by imprisonment <strong>of</strong> three (3) months up to one (1) year.<br />

3. When the <strong>of</strong>fense provided for in paragraph 1 <strong>of</strong> this Article is committed by the use <strong>of</strong><br />

force or serious threat, the perpetrator shall be punished by imprisonment <strong>of</strong> six (6)<br />

months to five (5) years.<br />

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