Article 157. Propaganda and Public Calls for Unleashing an Aggressive War

1. Propaganda and public exhortations to unleash an aggressive war, - shall be punished by a fine in an amount up to three thousand monthly assessment indices, or in an amount of wages of other income of a given convict for a period from three to nine months, or by imprisonment for a period up to three years.

2. The same acts committed with the use of the mass information media, or by an official holding a responsible position, - shall be punished by a fine in an amount up to five thousand monthly assessment indices, or in an amount of wages of other income of a given convict for a period from six months up to one year, or by imprisonment for a period from two to five years with deprivation of the right to hold certain positions or to engage in certain types of activity for a period up to three years.

Article 158. Production or Distribution of Weapons of Mass Destruction

Production, purchase, or sale of chemical, biological, as well other types of weapons of mass destruction, prohibited by an international treaty of the Republic of Kazakhstan, - shall be punished by imprisonment for a period from five to ten years.

Article 159. Application of Prohibited Means and Methods of Conducting a War

1. Brutal treatment of prisoners of war, or the civil population, deportation of the civil population, looting of national property on occupied territories, application in a military conflict of means and methods prohibited by an international treaties of the Republic of Kazakhstan, - shall be punished by imprisonment for a period up to twelve years.

2. The use of weapons of mass destruction prohibited by an international treaty of the Republic of Kazakhstan, - shall be punished by imprisonment for a period from ten to twenty years, or by capital punishment or life-time imprisonment.

Article 160. Genocide

Genocide, that is deliberate acts aimed at complete or partial destruction of a national, ethnic, racial, or religious group by murdering members of such a group, the causation of severe damage to their health, forcible prohibition of the birth of children, forcible transfer of children, forcible migration or the creation of other conditions of life which lead to destruction of members of a given group, - shall be punished by imprisonment for a period from ten to twenty years, or by capital punishment or life-time imprisonment.

Date: 2014-12-21; view: 1062