《刑法》第318 条（2013 年4 月修正）和第319 条将滥用职权定为刑事犯罪。作为刑事定罪条件，第318 条和第319 条提及了造成“国家机关、行政命令或受法律保护的个人利益的严重损害”。
The abuse of functions is criminalized through sections 318, as amended in April 2013, and 319 CL. Both sections 318 and 319 refer, as a condition for criminalization, to the causing of “substantial harm to state authority, administrative order or interests of a person protected by law”.