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70. Concealment of evidence in relation to a capital offence

Where whoever in a proceedings of a capital offence conceals any evidence of the commission of the offence or does any act that prevents any person searching for such evidence to fail in his endeavor or makes a statement with the intention to conceal or to deceive such evidence shall be subjected to a punishment of exile or imprisonment between a period of 2 years and 4 years or to a fine between Mrf. 300.00 and Mrf. 4,000.00.

71. Concealing evidence relating to offence for which punishment is a period of imprisonment or jail exceeding 10 years

Whoever conceals or does any act to prevent such evidence from being produced in relation to an offence for which the punishment prescribed is life imprisonment or life exile or exile or imprisonment for a period exceeding 10 years shall be subjected to exile or imprisonment for a period not exceeding 3 years or to a fine between Mrf. 200.00 and Mrf. 2,000.00

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73. Concealment or destruction of document required for justice

Whoever conceals, destroys, puts fire on or loses a document that is required before Judicial proceedings or before a responsible official authorized by Law for the purposes of administering justice and where it is done in defense of the offender or offenders shall be subjected to a punishment of exile or imprisonment not exceeding 2 years or a fine not exceeding Mrf. 500.00.

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Section 530 – Obstructing Justice

(a) Offense Defined. A person commits an offense if, with the purpose

of preventing the apprehension of or to obstruct the prosecution or defense of a

person, he knowingly:

(1) warns that person of impending discovery or apprehension; or

(2) destroys, alters, conceals, or disguises physical evidence,

plants false evidence, furnishes false information, regardless of its

admissibility in evidence; or

(3) induces a witness having knowledge material to the subject at

issue to leave the State or to conceal himself; or

(4) deters a witness from testifying freely, fully, or truthfully; or

(5) possessing knowledge material to the subject at issue, he

leaves the State or conceals himself.

(6) Subsection (a) (1) does not prohibit giving advice or warning

to bring another into compliance with law.

(b) Grading. The offense is a Class 4 felony.

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Section 540 – Intimidating, Improperly Influencing, or Retaliating Against

a Witness, Voter, or Other Person Performing a Public Duty

(a) Offense Defined. A person commits an offense if:

(1) with the purpose of:

(A) deterring a party or witness from testifying freely,

fully, or truthfully in a legal proceeding; or

(B) annoying, harassing, influencing, intimidating, or

victimizing a witness, voter, or other person because of that

person’s past, present, or potential future testimony, vote, or

other act or omission related to his performance of a public duty;

(2) he:

(A) commits, or threatens to commit, an offense likely to

cause serious bodily injury, unlawful restraint, or substantial

property damage to another; or(B) commits or threatens any other offense; or

(C) offers or gives a benefit not authorized by law; or

(D) communicates, directly or indirectly, with such other

person in a manner prohibited by law.

(b) Grading.

(1) Felonious Interference. The offenses in Subsections (a)(2)(A)

through (2)(C) are Class 5 felonies.

(2) Interference. Otherwise the offense is a Class 1

misdemeanor.