PENAL CODE of the Democratic Republic of Timor Leste
Article 302. Concept of official
1. For the purposes of the criminal law, an official shall be considered as any of the
following:
a) Civil servant;
b) Administrative officer;
c) Member of the armed and law enforcement forces;
d) Any person who, even provisionally or temporarily, with or without
remuneration, voluntarily or compulsorily has been called to
perform or to participate in performance of an activity within civil
administrative or court service or, under similar circumstances,
performs duties or participates in any agency of public utility.
e) A foreign public servant who holds a legislative, executive,
administrative or judicial position in a foreign country, having been
assigned or taken office or any person holding a public office for a
foreign country, including in a public agency or state-run
company.
f) Employee of a public international organization to whom said
organization has authorized to act on its behalf
2. For effects of criminal law, the provisions in this Title apply to anyone performing
political, government or legislative duties.
TITLE VII
CRIMES OF FORGERY
CHAPTER I
FORGERY OF DOCUMENTS
Article 303. Forgery of documents or technical report
1. Any person who, with intent to cause loss to another person or the State, or to
seek unlawful benefit for him or herself or another person:
a) Forges a document or technical report, falsifies or alters a
document or another person's signature to produce a false
document;
b) Falsely includes any legally relevant fact in a document or
technical report;
c) Falsely bears witness, based on his or her professional, technical
or scientific knowledge, to the mental or physical condition or
fitness of another person, animal or object;
d) Uses any document or technical report or recording referred to in
the previous paragraphs that have been produced, forged,
counterfeited or issued by another, is punishable by up to 3 years
imprisonment or a fine.
2. Any action that disrupts any automatic reporting or recording device, thereby
influencing the results of the same, shall be considered equal to forgery of said
recording or report.
3. The attempt is punishable.
Article 304. Aggravated forgery
1. If the acts described in subarticle 1 of the preceding article pertain to an
authenticated document or one with equal force, a closed will, postal money order,
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