VRM proposes criminalizing violence against judges, authorizing police officers to protect courts

VRM proposes criminalizing violence against judges, authorizing police officers to protect courts

The ministry has prepared amendments to the Criminal Code and the Police Law to provide for this.

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Article 232 of the Criminal Code, defining contempt of court, is proposed to be supplemented with a part providing for restriction of liberty, arrest, or imprisonment for up to four years for humiliating a court or judge using physical or mental violence.

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Currently, the mentioned article provides for various punishments, the harshest being imprisonment for up to two years, only for insulting a court or judge by action, word, or writing regarding their activities.

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