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Macolin Convention on Competition Manipulation
Legal Commentary and Sports Integrity Database

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Regulations

I. General criminal law provisions

  1. Criminal Code
  • Bribery of public officials (Sections 122, 144)
  • Embezzlement (Sections 277, 278, 279 283, 286)
  • Bribery in the private sector (Section 299)
  • Fraud (Section 279)

 

II. Sport-specific criminal law provisions

  1. Section 10 and 10b of the Act on the Promotion of Integrity in Sport (amended in 2015)

(Legislative Decree no. 116 of 31 January 2015 as amended by Act no. 536 of 29 April 2015)

This Act amended the Criminal code to ensure that all forms of match-fixing become a criminal offence, as part of a series of measures introduced to combat match-fixing.

Section 10 authorizes the Minister of Culture to impose on certain sports associations a duty to establish and enforce rules to fight the manipulation of sports matches. If they do not, they would lose their subsidies.

Section 10b provides for a prison sentence of up to one year if one grants, promises or offers to a person who takes part in, or acts as a an official in, a sporting competition of a certain level, held either at home or abroad, a gift or other advantage in order to induce that person to act or refrain from acting in relation to the outcome of the match. The same sanction may be applied to the bribe-taker. In aggravated circumstances, the prison sentence could be increased to 2 years.

 

 

Last update : 05.12.2022