Article 234. Seizure of a Hostage

1. Seizure or detention of a person as a hostage, committed for the purposes of coercing the state, an organisation, or a citizen, to commit certain actions, or to not commit a certain action, as a condition of that hostage's release, -

shall be punished by imprisonment for a period from three to eight years.

2. The same act committed:

a) by a group of persons upon a preliminary collusion;

b) repeatedly;

c) with the use of violence which is dangerous for life or health;

d) with the use of weapons or objects used as weapons;

e) with regard to an underage person, a guilty party being aware of that;

f) with regard to a pregnant woman, a guilty party being aware of that fact;

g) with regard to a person in a helpless state, a guilty party being aware of that fact;

h) with regard to two or more persons;

i) for venal purposes or for hire, -

shall be punished by imprisonment for a period from seven to twelve years.

3. Acts stipulated by the first or second part of this Article, if they are committed by an organised group, or entailed by negligence the death of a person or other serious consequences, -

shall be punished by imprisonment for a period from ten to fifteen years.

Note. A person, who voluntarily or by demand of the state administrative authorities, released a hostage, shall be exempt from criminal liability, unless his actions contain elements of another crime.

Article 235. The Creation and Guidance of an Organised Criminal Group or Criminal Association (Criminal Organisation), and Participation in a Criminal Association

1. The creation of an organised criminal group, as well as the leadership of it, -

shall be punished by imprisonment for a period up to six years.

2. The creation of a criminal association (criminal organisation) for the commission of grave or especially grave crimes, as well as the leadership of such an association (organisation), or of its structural subdivisions, as well as the creation of an association of organisers, heads, or other representatives of organised criminal groups for the purposes of development of plans and conditions for the commission of grave or especially grave crimes, -

shall be punished by imprisonment for a period from five to ten years with forfeiture of property, or without it.

3. Participation in a criminal association (criminal organisation), or in an association of organisers, heads, or other representatives of organised criminal groups, -

shall be punished by imprisonment for a period from three to eight years.

4. Acts stipulated by the first, second, or third part of this Article, which are committed by a person with the use of his official position, -

shall be punished by imprisonment for a period from eight to fifteen years with forfeiture of property, or without it.

Date: 2014-12-21; view: 1230