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Criminal Code of Kosovo - Legislationline

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Article 431<br />

Trading in influence<br />

1. Whoever requests or receives, directly or indirectly, any undue gift or advantage, for<br />

himself or herself or for another person, or accepts an <strong>of</strong>fer or promise <strong>of</strong> such gift or<br />

advantage, in order to exert an improper influence over the decision making <strong>of</strong> an <strong>of</strong>ficial<br />

person or foreign public <strong>of</strong>ficial, whether or not the influence is exerted and whether or<br />

not the supposed influence leads to the intended result, shall be punished by a fine or by<br />

imprisonment <strong>of</strong> up to eight (8) years.<br />

2. Whoever promises, <strong>of</strong>fers or gives, directly or indirectly, any undue gift or advantage<br />

to another person, for himself or herself or another person, in order that this person exert<br />

an improper influence over the decision making <strong>of</strong> an <strong>of</strong>ficial person or foreign public<br />

<strong>of</strong>ficial, whether or not the influence is exerted or not and whether or not the supposed<br />

influence leads to the intended result, shall be punished by a fine or by imprisonment <strong>of</strong><br />

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

3. The gift or benefit received or <strong>of</strong>fered in violation <strong>of</strong> this Article shall be confiscated.<br />

Article 432<br />

Issuing unlawful judicial decisions<br />

A judge who, with the intent to obtain any unlawful benefit for himself, herself or another<br />

person or cause damage to another person, issues an unlawful decision shall be punished<br />

by a fine and imprisonment <strong>of</strong> six (6) months to five (5) years.<br />

Article 433<br />

Disclosing <strong>of</strong>ficial secrets<br />

1. An <strong>of</strong>ficial person who, without authorization, communicates, sends, or in some other<br />

way makes available to another person information which constitutes an <strong>of</strong>ficial secret or<br />

obtains such information with the intent to convey it to an unauthorized person shall be<br />

punished by imprisonment <strong>of</strong> six (6) months to three (3) years.<br />

2. When the <strong>of</strong>fense provided for in paragraph 1 <strong>of</strong> this Article is committed for personal<br />

gain or for the purpose <strong>of</strong> publishing or using the information outside <strong>of</strong> the Republic <strong>of</strong><br />

<strong>Kosovo</strong>, the perpetrator shall be punished by a fine and imprisonment <strong>of</strong> one (1) to ten<br />

(10) years.<br />

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

negligence, the perpetrator shall be punished by a fine or by imprisonment <strong>of</strong> up to three<br />

(3) years.<br />

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