「CRIMINAL ACT」
years and suspension of qualifications for not more than ten years.
(2) Attempts to commit the crimes specified in the preceding paragraph shall be punished.
Article 125 (Violence and Cruel Act) A person who, in performing or assisting in activities
concerning judgment, prosecution, police, or other functions involving the restraint of the
human body, commits an act of violence or cruelty against a criminal suspect or against
another person while performing his or her duties, shall be punished by imprisonment with
labor for not more than five years and suspension of qualifications for not more than ten
years.
[This Article Wholly Amended on Dec. 8, 2020]
Article 126 (Publication of Facts of Suspected Crime) A person who, in performing,
supervising, or assisting in activities concerning prosecution, police, or other functions
involving investigation of crimes, makes public, before request for public trial, the facts of a
suspected crime which he or she has learned in the course of performing his or her duties,
shall be punished by imprisonment with labor for not more than three years or suspension
of qualifications for not more than five years.
[This Article Wholly Amended on Dec. 8, 2020]
Article 127 (Divulgence of Official Secrets) A public official or former public official who
divulges official secrets obtained in the course of performing his or her duties and
classified by statutes or regulations as secret shall be punished by imprisonment with or
without labor for not more than two years or suspension of qualifications for not more
than five years.
Article 128 (Obstruction of Election) A public official, having duties concerning prosecution,
police or army, who intimidates a voter, candidate, or a person who seeks to be candidate,
in an election provided for by statutes or regulations, or who obstructs the freedom of
election by any other means, shall be punished by imprisonment with labor for not more
than ten years and suspension of qualifications for at least five years.
Article 129 (Acceptance of Bribe and Advance Acceptance) (1) A public official or an
arbitrator who receives, demands or promises to accept a bribe in connection with his or
her duties, shall be punished by imprisonment with labor for not more than five years or
suspension of qualifications for not more than ten years.
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