Lower House adopts bill amending Criminal Code, scraps threshold for imprisonable abuse of office
The Chamber of Deputies adopted on Wednesday by a vote of 191 to 66 and 12 abstentions the bill amending the Criminal Code and specifically targeting abuse and neglect in office.
The piece of legislation cleared the Chamber in the version proposed by the government, which eliminates the threshold from which abuse of office is punishable by prison; this is the version the Chamber’s Law Committee issued a favorable report for on Tuesday.
“The deed of the public servant who, in the exercise of their duties, does not fulfill an act provided for by a law, a government ordinance, a government emergency ordinance or any other regulatory act which, at the date of its adoption, had the force of law or applies it with the violation of a provision contained in such a regulatory act, thus causing damage or injury to the rights or legitimate interests of a natural or legal person, is punishable with imprisonment from 2 to 7 years and the ban from holding public office,” reads the article regarding the offense of abuse of office.
The threshold for abuse of office was also scrapped.
“The deed of the public servant who, as a result of improperly exercising their duties, does not fulfill an act provided for by a law, a government ordinance, a government emergency ordinance or any other regulatory act which, at the time of its adoption, had the force of law, or fulfills it in violation of a provision contained in such a regulatory act and thereby causes damage or injury to the rights or legitimate interests of a natural or legal person, is punishable with imprisonment from 3 months to 3 years or with a fine,” stipulates the article regarding neglect in office.
