The Criminal Code and relevant Public Service laws define any person/s breaching restrictions stipulated in the laws as potentially breaching the Criminal Code prohibitions. However disciplinary liability can be applied irrespective of the Criminal liability being waived under circumstances defined in the Criminal Code. 
There is no criminal liability imposed on legal entities.

4.1. Criminal offences and liability

The corruption offences for which criminal liability is imposed by the Criminal Code include:
 Articles 1542 - Election Bribe, 200 – Commercial Bribe, 201 Sport and General Competition -Contest Bribe, 308-309 – Abuse of Authority, 311 –Taking bribe by an official, 3111 – Taking a bribe by a public servant, 3112 – Abuse of Influence, 312 – Giving Bribes to officials, 3112 – Giving Bribes to public servants, 313 – Bribe mediation , 350 – Bribe provocation.

The liability includes: fines, deprivation of the right to hold certain positions/occupations (as main or secondary punishment), arrest (up to 6 months) or imprisonment (up to 12 years), confiscation of property (only as secondary punishment). The type of punishment defined in the case of each crime differs depending on the qualifying circumstances and the gravity of the offence.

4.2. Administrative offences and liability

The corruption offences for which administrative liability is imposed only include:

1. Breach of duty to hand over to the state valuable gifts received “in officio” by an official from private and public entities, the punishment is the confiscation of the gift and one month minimal salary or four times the value of the gift, in the case that the gift is not found.
2. Breach of rules of gift disposal by the state official for gifts made of precious stones and metals and received “in officio”, the punishment is a fine up to equivalent of 850 USD.