Material Requirements for the Crime of Changing the Status of Persons, Places or Things According to the Iraqi and Jordanian Legislation

Abstract

The court of subject matter, when issuing a ruling in the case, relies on the status of the persons, places or things related to the subject of the case before it. It may happen that someone changes the status of a place, person or thing related to the crime, which deprives the competent court of the opportunity to determine the truth and reach the correct ruling. Such actions occur with the intention of preventing the judiciary from ruling with justice and in accordance with the law. Therefore, the Iraqi and Jordanian legislators considered this crime as a crime of misleading the judiciary and a crime that disrupts the course of justice. Each of them punished it with criminal penalties commensurate with its seriousness and danger to the achievement of justice.