The Judge or Magistrate who refuses to judge, without alleging legal cause, or under the pretext of obscurity, insufficiency or silence of the Law, will be punished with the penalty of special disqualification for employment or public office for a period of six months to four years.
art 448 cp
Article 448 of Penal Code Spanish refers to certain cases of prevarication against the Administration of Justice in which The Judge or Magistrate refuses to judge.
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- Penal Code
- BOOK II: crimes and their sorrows
- Title XX: Crimes against the Administration of Justice
- Chapter I: Of the prevarication
- Article 446
- Article 447
- Article 448
- Article 449
- Chapter I: Of the prevarication
- Title XX: Crimes against the Administration of Justice
- BOOK II: crimes and their sorrows