PENAL CODE of the Democratic Republic of Timor Leste 2. If the act described in the preceding subarticle is committed with intent to cause harm or benefit to any person, said official is punishable with up to 5 years imprisonment. 3. If the conduct described in the preceding subarticles results in deprivation of liberty of a person, the penalty is 2 to 8 years imprisonment. 4. If the conduct described above is committed with gross negligence, the minimum and maximum limits penalties are reduced by half. Article 283. Coercion against a magistrate 1. Any person who, by means of violence, threat to cause serious harm, or by any other means, acts in such a manner as to prevent a judge or public prosecutor from freely performing his or her duties, is punishable with 1 to 4 years imprisonment. 2. If the perpetrator commits the act by taking advantage of holding a political, public, military or law enforcement office, the penalty is 2 to 8 years imprisonment. 3. If, as a consequence of any conduct described in the previous subarticles, the magistrate commits any omission or act in blatant violation of the law resulting in harm to any third party, the penalty is 3 to 10 years imprisonment. Article 284. Obstruction of a judicial act 1. Any person who, by any means, opposes, renders difficult or hinders execution or enforcement of any final decision issued by a court of law, is punishable with 2 to 5 years imprisonment. 2. If the perpetrator who has committed any act described above holds a political, public or military office, and, due to the nature of the office, he or she should refrain from committing such acts, the same shall be punishable with 2 to 8 years imprisonment. Article 285. Defamatory false information 1. Any person who, by any means, before authorities or publicly, and aware of the falsity of the accusation, informs or casts suspicion on a certain person regarding commission of a crime, with the intent of having criminal proceedings initiated against said person, is punishable with up to 3 years imprisonment or a fine. 2. Whenever the false accusation refers to an unlawful act of an administrative or disciplinary nature, the penalty shall be extraordinarily mitigated. 3. Whenever any of the acts described above are intentionally promoted by an official charged with initiating said proceeding, the maximum limit of the applicable penalty shall be increased by one third. Article 286. Failure to report Any person who, being aware of the commission of a public crime, and having the obligation to report it, fails to do so, is punishable with the penalty that corresponds to said unreported crime with its minimum and maximum limits decreased by two thirds. Article 287. Malfeasance by a magistrate or official 1. Any judge, public prosecutor or official who, at any stage of a court proceeding, and with intent to benefit or cause harm to any other person, wilfully and unlawfully performs an act within the scope of the official powers invested in the same or fails to do so, being required to perform it, is punishable with 2 to 6 years' imprisonment. 73