SPECIAL PART
CHAPTER XXVII
CRIMES OF CORRUPTION

Passive Corruption of Public Officials

Section 294
(1) Any public official who requests or receives an unlawful advantage in connection with his actions in an official capacity, for himself or for a third party, or accepts a promise of such an advantage, or is in league with the person requesting or accepting the advantage for a third party on his behest, is guilty of a felony punishable by imprisonment between one to five years.
(2) The penalty shall be imprisonment between two to eight years if the criminal offense is committed by a high-ranking public official.

SPECIAL PART
CHAPTER XXVII
CRIMES OF CORRUPTION

Passive Corruption in Court or Regulatory Proceedings

Section 296
(1) Any person who requests or receives an unlawful advantage to refrain from acting in accordance with his duty or in the exercise of his rights in a court, arbitration or other judicial proceedings, for himself or for a third party, or accepts a promise of such an advantage, or is in league with the person requesting or accepting the advantage for a third party on his behest, is guilty of a felony punishable by imprisonment between one to five years.
(2) The provisions of Subsection (1) shall apply when the acts defined therein are committed in the course of or in connection with, proceedings of an international criminal court installed under international convention promulgated by an act, or under a statutory resolution adopted by the United Nations Security Council, or by the Court of Justice of the European Union.
(3) The penalty may be reduced without limitation - or dismissed in cases deserving special consideration - against the perpetrator of a criminal offense defined in Subsections (1)-(2) if he confesses the act to the authorities first hand, surrenders the obtained unlawful financial advantage in any form to the authorities, and unveils the circumstances of the criminal act.