Article 416. Falsification of evidence and operational-investigative, counterintelligence materials of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Kazakhstan, the Criminal Code of the Republic of Kazakhstan

1 Falsification of evidence in a civil case by a person participating in the case or his representative –

     is punishable by a fine in the amount of up to three thousand monthly calculation indices, or correctional labor in the same amount, or community service for up to one thousand hours, or restriction of liberty for up to three years, or imprisonment for the same term.

2 Falsification of evidence in cases of administrative offences committed by an official authorized to draw up a protocol on administrative offences, –

     is punishable by a fine in the amount of up to four thousand monthly calculation indices, or correctional labor in the same amount, or community service for up to one thousand two hundred hours, or restriction of liberty for up to five years, or imprisonment for the same term, with deprivation of the right to hold certain positions or engage in certain activities for up to Five years old.

3 Falsification of operational-search, counterintelligence materials or protocols of secret investigative actions or appendices to them by an employee of the body carrying out operational-search, counterintelligence activities, –

     is punishable by a fine in the amount of up to five thousand monthly calculation indices, or correctional labor in the same amount, or restriction of liberty for up to six years, or imprisonment for the same term, with deprivation of the right to hold certain positions or engage in certain activities for up to six years.

4 Falsification of evidence in the course of criminal proceedings by a person conducting a pre-trial investigation, a prosecutor, a specialist participating in procedural actions, or a defense lawyer –

     is punishable by a fine in the amount of up to six thousand monthly calculation indices, or correctional labor in the same amount, or restriction of liberty for up to seven years, or imprisonment for the same term, with deprivation of the right to hold certain positions or engage in certain activities for up to seven years.

5 The acts provided for in the first, second, third or fourth parts of this Article, entailing the imposition of an unlawful sentence, decision or other judicial act, –

     are punishable by imprisonment for a term of three to eight years with deprivation of the right to hold certain positions or engage in certain activities for a term of up to seven years.

6 Falsification of evidence in a criminal case on a crime against the sexual integrity of a minor, a grave or especially grave crime, as well as entailing grave consequences, –

     is punishable by imprisonment for a term of five to ten years with deprivation of the right to hold certain positions or engage in certain activities for a term of up to eight years.

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