CHAPTER 14 - OFFENSES INVOLVING TRIBAL GOVERNMENT
14-1.01 Bribery. Any person who shall promise, offer, or give; or cause to be promised, offered, or given;
any money, property, services or other gain or advantage to any officer, employee, or representative of any
Tribal organization, or to any person acting for or on behalf of any Tribal organization with corrupt intent to
influence such individual in the discharge of the official duties for which the person is responsible; and any
person who shall accept, solicit, or attempt to solicit, money, property, services, or other gains or
advantages, as above defined, shall be deemed guilty of an offense, and upon conviction thereof shall be
sentenced to a period of confinement not to exceed 6 months or ordered to pay a fine of not to exceed $500
or both jail sentence and fine, and costs.
14-2.01 Perjury. Any person who shall willfully and deliberately in any judicial proceeding in the Spokane
Tribal Court falsely swear or interpret, or shall make a sworn statement or affidavit knowing the same to be
untrue, or shall induce or procure another person to do so, or any Indian who shall make any false affidavit
for Tribal enrollment purposes or for other Trial purposes shall be deemed guilty of perjury and upon
conviction thereof, shall be sentenced to a period of confinement not to exceed 30 days or ordered to pay a
fine of not to exceed $100 or both jail sentence and fine, and costs.
14-3.01 False Arrest. Any person who shall willfully and knowingly make or cause to be made, the unlawful
arrest, detention or imprisonment of another person shall be deemed guilty of an offense and upon
conviction thereof, shall be sentenced to a period of confinement not to exceed 6 months or to pay a fine of
not to exceed $500, or both jail sentence and fine, and costs.
14-4.01 Resisting Arrest.
(a) Any person who shall willfully and knowingly, by force or violence, resist a lawful arrest and
detention of himself shall be guilty of resisting lawful arrest.
(b) Any person who shall flee after observing the presence of law enforcement officer when he has
reasonable grounds to believe that he is about to be arrested is also guilty of resisting arrest.
(c) Upon conviction thereof, he shall be sentenced to confinement for not more than 90 days but
not less than 2 days and to pay a fine of not more than $300 but not less than $50.
14-4.03 Obstruction of Justice.
(a) A person shall be guilty of obstruction who, under circumstances not amounting to an
assault, as defined in this Code, shall:
(1) make a verbal or written statement to a Law Enforcement Officer or public servant,
knowing the statement to be false, and intending the Officer or public servant to act
on the statement; or
(2) knowingly hinder, delay, or obstruct any Law Enforcement Officer or public servant in
the discharge of the official duties of the Officer or public official; or
(3) knowingly interfere with the lawful execution of any lawful process or mandate of
any Law Enforcement Officer or public servant by:
A. harboring or concealing any person; or
B. warning such person(s) of impending discovery or apprehension; or
C. providing a person with money, transportation or other method to avoid
discovery or apprehension; or
D. deception or threat that prevents a Law Enforcement Officer or public official
from discovering or apprehending such person or persons, adults or juvenile.
(b) Every person who is found guilty of obstruction of justice shall be sentenced to confinement of
not more than 90 days and to pay a fine of not more than $300.
14-4.05 Mandatory Sentence and Fine. The minimum sentences specified in Sections 14-4.01 and 14-4.03
are mandatory.
(a) Each sentence shall include both the confinement and the fine, and neither shall be suspended
or reduced.
14-5.01 Refusing to Aid an Officer. Any person who shall neglect or refuse, when called upon by any Tribal
policeman or other law enforcement officer whose authority extends to the Spokane Reservation, to assist in
the arrest of any person charged with or convicted of any offense, or in securing such offender to the
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