1. Any person who, completely or partially, takes or removes or destroys any
documents which are filed in vaults or in courts’ clerks offices or public
warehouses or which were given to a custodian , he / she shall be punished with
imprisonment from six months to three years.
2. If the act was committed through breaking the seals or through dismembering or
clamping or through the acts of violence against persons, he / she shall be
punished by temporary imprisonment with hard labor.
Article (205)
Whoever burns or destroys, even partially, the registers or the drafts or originals of
public authority documents, he / she is eligible for the penalties prescribed in the
pervious article.
Title Four
Crimes against the Administration of Justice
Chapter One
Of Crimes against the Due Process of Law
(1) Concealing Felonies and Misdemeanors
Article (206)
1. Whoever is aware of the existence of a criminal conspiracy to commit one of the
crimes stipulated in articles (135,136,138,142,143,145,148) of this law and did not
inform the public authorities in a timely manner, he / she shall be punished by
imprisonment from one month to one year.
2. The rule stated in this article dose not apply to the spouse of any person who is
involved in such conspiracy or to any of his / her ancestors or decedents.
Article (207)
1. Any public official charged with investigating and pursuing crimes and neglects
or delays informing the authorities about a crime he is aware off shall be punished
by imprisonment from one week to one year and a fine from five to twenty dinars
(JD5-20).
2. Any public official who neglects or delays informing the competent authority
about a misdemeanor or a felony which he / she was made aware of during the
execution of his / her official duties shall be punished by imprisonment from one
week to three months and a fine from five to twenty dinars JD5-20).
3. Any person who, while performing one of the medical professions, treated a
person who appear to be the victim of a felony or a misdemeanor and did not
inform the competent authority, shall be punished by the penalties described in
paragraph two.
4. Crimes that require a complaint in order to be pursued are exempted from the
application of this article.
(2) Extraction of Confessions and Information
Article (208)
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