Suppression of Documents in Europe
Suppression of Documents; Changing a Border Mark in Germany
Provisions relating to suppression of documents; changing a border mark in the German Criminal Code [1]: This criminal issue is covered by Chapter Twenty-three, under the heading “Forgery,” located in Section 274 Suppression of documents; changing a border mark, which reads: (1) Whosoever destroys, damages or suppresses a document or a technical record which does not belong to him or not exclusively to him with the intent of causing damage to another; 1. deletes, suppresses, renders unusable or alters legally relevant data (section 202a (2)), which are not or not exclusively at his disposal, with the intent of causing damage to another; or 2. takes away, destroys, renders unrecognisable, moves or falsely places a border stone or another sign intended as a designation of a border or water level with the intent of causing damage to another, 3. shall be liable to imprisonment of not more than five years or a fine. (2) The attempt shall be punishable.
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- The content of the translated German penal code in relation to suppression of documents; changing a border mark is current as of 2010