An advocate, attorney, procurator or legal advisor, who knowingly, in litigation of any kind before any judicial or quasi-judicial tribunal, betrays the legal interests he has been instructed to defend, officially or by personal brief, whether by sacrificing the interests of the party for whom he appears or by acting simultaneously for both parties to the same case
Penal Code
2015 English source edition · Current applicability not established.
English-language 2015 Ministry of Justice edition. Refworld catalogues this English expression as an unofficial translation; Eri Atlas has not independently verified the translation.
Article 182
Betrayal of Interests · Preserved transcription; page attribution imported from the source collection. Verify against the original.
is guilty of betrayal of interests, a Class 9 serious offence, punishable with a definite term of imprisonment of not less than 1 year and not more than 3 years.