FEATURES OF LIABILITY FOR FORGERY, SALE OR USE OF DOCUMENTS IN THE CRIMINAL LEGISLATION OF SOME FOREIGN COUNTRIES

Abstract

This study provides an in-depth analysis of the features of criminal liability for forgery, sale and use of forged documents in the criminal law of foreign countries. With the development of modern digital technologies, methods of document forgery are becoming increasingly sophisticated, which requires constant improvement of criminal legislation. In particular, in recent years, cases of forgery of documents related to electronic documents, digital signatures and blockchain technologies have become more frequent. As a result of the study, advanced foreign experience in combating crimes related to document forgery was comprehensively studied. In particular, the experience of Germany in dividing documents into types and establishing separate liability for each type, the approach of France based on the damage caused, flexible legal mechanisms of the UK, the experience of Russia in combating crimes related to forgery of documents by officials, the digital document protection system of Japan, the practice of China in using modern technologies, the experience of South Korea in implementing blockchain technologies were studied in detail. The legal system of each country has its own characteristics, which allows using different approaches in combating crimes related to document forgery. Based on the experience gained, scientifically substantiated proposals for improving the criminal legislation of the Republic of Uzbekistan have been developed.