Perverting the Course of Justice in Europe
Perverting the Course of Justice in Germany
Provisions relating to perverting the course of justice in the German Criminal Code [1]: This criminal issue is covered by Chapter Thirty, under the heading “Offences Committed in Public Office,” located in Section 339 Perverting the course of justice, which reads: A judge, another public official or an arbitrator who in conducting or deciding a legal matter perverts the course of justice for the benefit or to the detriment of a party shall be liable to imprisonment from one to five years.
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- The content of the translated German penal code in relation to perverting the course of justice is current as of 2010