FALSIFICATION OF ELECTORAL DOCUMENTS: CRIMINAL AND LEGAL ANALYSIS OF OBJECTIVE SIGNS
Keywords:
falsification of election documents, the object of a criminal offense, the subject of the criminal offense, election document, election documentation, socially dangerous action.Abstract
The scientific article is devoted to the criminal-legal analysis of objective signs of falsification of election documents. The study emphasizes that in accordance with the current criminal legislation of Ukraine, criminal liability for falsification of election documents is provided in the following articles of the Criminal Code of Ukraine – 158, 158-1, 158-2, and 158-3. Attention is drawn to the fact that all these criminal law norms, even though they are united by a single generic object, have their own direct object. The understanding and content of the subject of the criminal offense, which takes place in case of falsification of election documents, is analyzed. It is noted that a socially dangerous act, as the only obligatory sign of the objective side of falsification of election documents, is provided by the legislator in the form of active action. Attention is drawn to the fact that the correct criminal-legal analysis of the features of the components of criminal offenses is not negative and relevant in the implementation of effective counteraction to this negative criminal-illegal phenomenon.
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