Article 161. Ecocide

Mass destruction of flora or fauna, poisoning the atmosphere, land or water resources, as well as the commission of other acts which caused or a capable of causation of an ecological catastrophe, - shall be punished by imprisonment for a period from ten to fifteen years.

Article 162. Employment of Mercenaries

1. Enlistment, training, financing, or other material support of a mercenary, as well as the use of him in a military conflict or military actions, - shall be punished by imprisonment for a period from four to eight years.

2. The same acts committed by a person with the use of his official position or with regard to an underage person, - shall be punished by imprisonment for a period from seven to fifteen years with forfeiture of property, or without it.

3. Participation of a mercenary in a military conflict or military actions, - shall be punished by imprisonment for a period from three to seven years.

4. The act stipulated by the third part of this Article which entailed the death of people or other grave consequences, - shall be punished by imprisonment for a period from ten to twenty years with forfeiture of property, or life-time imprisonment with forfeiture of property.

Note. A person shall be recognised as a mercenary, who acts for the purposes of receiving material remuneration or other personal benefit, and who is not a citizen of the state participating in a military conflict, who does not permanently reside on the its territory, and who is not sent by other state for the execution of his official obligations.

Article 163. Assault on Persons or Organisations Enjoying International Protection

1. Assault on a representative of a foreign state or an employee of an international organization who enjoys international protection, or his family members residing together with him, as well as on service or residential premises or transport vehicles of persons who enjoy international protection, as well as abduction or forcible deprivation of freedom of those persons, if these acts are committed for the purpose of provoking a war or complicating international relations, - shall be punished by imprisonment for a period from three to eight years with forfeiture of property, or without it.

2. The same acts committed repeatedly, or with the use of weapons, or upon a preliminary collusion by a group of persons, or associated with the causation of severe damage to health, or acts which entailed by negligence the death of a person, - shall be punished by imprisonment for a period from ten to fifteen years with forfeiture of property, or without it.

Date: 2014-12-21; view: 978