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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