Chapter 20 Criminal Offences Against Administration of Justice

Article 241

Obstruction of Justice

a) Whoever uses physical force, threats or intimidation or the promise, offering or giving of undue advantage to induce false testimony or to interfere in the giving of testimony or the production of evidence in a criminal proceedings conducted pursuant to the law of Bosnia and Herzegovina,
shall be punished by imprisonment for a term between one and ten years.

b) Whoever uses physical force, threats or intimidation to interfere with the exercise of official duties by a judge, prosecutor or law enforcement official person in relation to a criminal proceedings conducted pursuant to the law of Bosnia and Herzegovina, shall be punished by imprisonment for a term between one and ten years not less than three years.

Chapter 20 Criminal Offences Against Administration of Justice

Article 241a

Obstructing an Official Person in Execution of Official Duty

(1) Whoever, by force or threat of immediate use of force, prevents an official person in the institutions of Bosnia and Herzegovina from performing an official act falling within the scope of his authority or, by using the same means, coerces him to perform an official act, shall be punished by imprisonment for a term between three months and three years.

(2) If, by the criminal offense referred to in paragraph (1) of this Article, the official person is maltreated or a minor bodily injury is inflicted upon him, or the criminal offense has been perpetrated by threatening to use weapons, the perpetrator shall be punished by imprisonment for a term between six months and five years.

(3) Whoever perpetrates the criminal offense referred to in paragraphs (1) and (2) of this Article against an official person carrying out the work related to the security of Bosnia and Herzegovina, to the apprehension of perpetrators of criminal offenses or to the guarding of confined persons, shall be punished by imprisonment for a term between one and ten years.

(4) If the perpetrator of the criminal offense referred to in paragraphs (1) through (3) of this Article has been provoked by illegal or rude treatment on the part of the official person, he may be relieved of punishment.

Chapter 20 Criminal Offences Against Administration of Justice

Article 241b

Attack against an Official Person while Carrying out Security Work, Discovering or Apprehending Perpetrators of Criminal Offenses

(1) Whoever attacks or seriously threatens to attack an official person of the institutions of Bosnia and Herzegovina or a person who assists an official person in carrying out work related to the security of Bosnia and Herzegovina, discovering or apprehending perpetrators of criminal offenses or to the guarding of confined persons, shall be punished by imprisonment for a term of between three months and three years.

(2) If, by the criminal offense referred to in paragraph (1) of this Article, a minor bodily injury is inflicted upon the official person or upon the person who assists him, or if the criminal offense referred to in paragraph (1) of this Article is perpetrated with the threat to use weapons, the perpetrator shall be punished by imprisonment for a term between six months and five years.

(3) If, by the criminal offense referred to in paragraph (1) of this Article, a serious bodily injury is inflicted upon the official person or upon the person who assists him, the perpetrator shall be punished by imprisonment for a term between one and ten years.

(4) If the perpetrator of the criminal offense referred to in paragraphs (1) through (3) of this Article has been provoked by illegal or rude treatment on the part of the official person or the person who assists him, he may be relieved of punishment.