Criminal offences against public order

Regulation in the Criminal Code 

Criminal offences against public order are covered in the Criminal Code in its Special Part, specifically in Chapter X. This chapter is divided into eight parts as follows:

Part 1 Criminal offences against the exercise of authority by a public authority and an official

Part 2 Criminal offences of officials

Part 3 Bribery

Part 4 Other interferences with the activity of a public authority

Part 5 Criminal offences disrupting human coexistence 

Part 6 Other breaches of public order

Part 7 Organised criminal group

Part 8 Certain other forms of criminal cooperation

Individual crimes

The Criminal Code regulates the following criminal offences within the aforementioned group:

Part 1 Criminal offences against the exercise of authority by a public authority and an official (Section 323 - 328 )

Violence against a public authority (Section 323)

Threatening to influence a public authority (Section 324)

Violence against an official (Section 325)

Threatening to influence an official (Section 326)

General provision (Section 327)

Usurpation of official authority (Section 328)

Part 2 Criminal offences of officials (Section 329 - 330)

Abuse of official authority (Section 329)

Negligent dereliction of official duties (Section 330)

Part 3 Bribery (Section 331 - 334)

Acceptance of a bribe (Section 331)

Bribery (Section 332)

Indirect bribery (Section 333)

General provision (Section 334)

Part 4 Other interferences with the activity of a public authority (Section 335 - 351)

Interference with the independence of courts (Section 335)

Contempt of court (Section 336)

Obstruction of the execution of an official decision and banishing (Section 337)

Prisoner escape (Section 338)

Violent crossing of national borders (Section 339)

Organizing and enabling unauthorized crossing of national borders (Section 340)

Assisting unauthorized stay in the Republic (Section 341)

General provision (Section 341a)

Unauthorized employment of foreigners (Section 342)

Violation of regulations on international flights (Section 343)

Prisoner mutiny (Section 344)

False accusation (Section 345)

False testimony and false expert opinion (Section 346)

False interpretation (Section 347)

Obstruction of justice (Section 347a)

Forgery and alteration of public documents (Section 348)

Unauthorized production and possession of official seals and stamps (Section 349)

Forgery and issuance of false medical reports, opinions, and findings (Section 350)

Obstruction of preparation and course of elections and referenda (Section 351)

Part 5 Criminal offences disrupting human coexistence (Section 352 - 356)

Violence against a group of inhabitants and against an individual (Section 352)

Dangerous threat (Section 353)

Dangerous stalking (Section 354)

Defamation of a nation, race, ethnic or other group of persons (Section 355)

Incitement to hatred against a group of persons or to restriction of their rights and freedoms (Section 356)

Part 6 Other breaches of public order (Section 357 - 360)

Scaremongering (Section 357)

Disorderly conduct (Section 358)

Desecration of human remains (Section 359)

Intoxication (Section 360)

Part 7 Organised criminal group (Section 361 - 363)

Participation in an organized criminal group (Section 361)

Special provision on effective regret (Section 362)

Immunity of an agent (Section 363)

Part 8 Certain other forms of criminal cooperation (Section 364 - 368)

Incitement to commit a criminal offense (Section 364)

Approval of a criminal offense (Section 365)

Harboring (Section 366)

Failure to prevent a criminal offense (Section 367)

Failure to report a criminal offense (Section 368)

Typical criminal offences against public order