SPECIAL PART
CHAPTER XXVIII
MALFEASANCE IN OFFICE
Third Degree
Section 303
(1) Any public official who attempts by force or threat of force, or by other similar means, to coerce another person into giving information or making a statement, or to withhold information, 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 defined in Subsection (1) is committed in a gang.
(3) Any person who engages in preparations for the interrogation of a person for the coercion of information by force is guilty of misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment not exceeding two years.
(4) The penalty may be reduced without limitation if the perpetrator unveils the circumstances of the criminal offense defined in Subsection (2) to the authorities before the indictment is filed.
1. La Corte tendrá competencia para conocer de los siguientes delitos contra la administración de justicia, siempre y cuando se cometan intencionalmente:
(c) Corromper a un testigo, obstruir su comparecencia o testimonio o interferir en ellos, tomar represalias contra un testigo por su declaración, destruir o alterar pruebas o interferir en las diligencias de prueba;