Penal Code · English · 2015
Article 169
Obstruction of Justice
A person who intentionally:
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interferes with or prevents a law enforcement officer from making a lawful arrest or otherwise carrying out lawful duties;
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destroys, alters or in any way tampers with physical evidence in order to impair its availability in any criminal investigation or proceeding; or
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persuades, threatens, or otherwise induces a witness not to testify or provide evidence in any criminal investigation or proceeding,
#is guilty of obstruction of justice, a Class 2 petty offence, punishable with a definite term of imprisonment of not less than 1 month and not more than 6 months, or a fine of 5,001 – 20,000 Nakfas, to be set in intervals of 1,000 Nakfas.
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