{"schemaVersion":1,"recordType":"legal-article","id":"law:eri:code:penal:2015:article:136","workId":"law:eri:code:penal:2015","expressionId":"law:eri:code:penal:2015:en","title":"Obstruction of a Corruption Investigation","number":"136","language":"en","canonicalUrl":"https://eriatlas.com/law/penal-code-2015/article/136/","hierarchy":{"part":"PART II — THE SPECIAL PART","book":"BOOK II — OFFENCES AGAINST THE INTERESTS OF THE STATE","title":null,"chapter":"Chapter 3. — Public Corruption and Bribery"},"paragraphs":[{"id":"lead","number":"","text":"A person who fails to comply with any lawful demand by the public prosecutor or other investigating official for information concerning an investigation of an offence under this Chapter, or who otherwise intentionally obstructs, hinders or delays the gathering of such information, except by lawful challenge in the Courts,","canonicalUrl":"https://eriatlas.com/law/penal-code-2015/article/136/#lead","sourceTargets":[{"sourceId":"penal-code-2015-en","pdfPage":120,"url":"https://eriatlas.com/sources/penal-code-2015/page/120/?article=136&paragraph=lead#article-136-lead"}]},{"id":"u2","number":"","text":"is guilty of obstruction of a corruption investigation, a Class 9 serious offence, punishable with a definite term of imprisonment of not less than 1 year and not more than 3 years.","canonicalUrl":"https://eriatlas.com/law/penal-code-2015/article/136/#u2","sourceTargets":[{"sourceId":"penal-code-2015-en","pdfPage":120,"url":"https://eriatlas.com/sources/penal-code-2015/page/120/?article=136&paragraph=u2#article-136-u2"}]}],"caution":"English-language 2015 Ministry of Justice edition. Refworld catalogues this English expression as an unofficial translation; Eri Atlas has not independently verified the translation."}