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14punished with six months to five years of imprisonment for the act from Para 1 of this Article,and with at least three years of imprisonment for the act from Para 2 and 3 of this Article.Serious bodily injuryArticle 38(1) Whoever inflicts a serious bodily injury on another person or seriously damages his healthshall be punished with six months to five years of imprisonment.(2) Whoever inflicts a serious bodily injury on another person or damages his health soseverely that his life is consequently endangered or destroyed or an important part or organ of hisbody is permanently or considerably weakened, or the injured person is permanentlyincapacitated for work or mutilated or his health is permanently or severely damaged, shall bepunished with one to 10 years of imprisonment.(3) If the injured person succumbs to the injuries from Para 1 and 2 of this Article, theperpetrator shall be punished with one to 12 years of imprisonment.(4) Whoever commits the act from Para 1 and 2 of this Article out of negligence shall bepunished with up to three years of imprisonment.(5) Whoever commits the act from this Article, without any deliberation, having beenprovoked, not by his own fault, to a state of exasperation by an attack or a serious insult by theinjured person, shall be punished for the act from Para 1 with up to three years of imprisonmentand for the act from Para 2 and 3 with one to five years of imprisonment.Light bodily injuryArticle 39(1) Whoever inflicts a light bodily injury on another person or lightly damages his healthshall be punished with up to one year of imprisonment.(2) If such an injury has been inflicted with a weapon, dangerous tool or another means thatcan potentially inflict serious bodily injuries or severely damage health, the perpetrator shall bepunished with up to three years of imprisonment.(3) The court may reprimand the perpetrator for the act from Para 2 of this Article, if theperpetrator was provoked by indecent or rude behavior of the injured person.(4) The proceedings for the act from Para 1 of this Article shall be undertaken by privateprosecution.Taking part in a brawlArticle 40Whoever takes part in a brawl in which someone’s life is taken or a serious bodily injuryhas been inflicted on another person shall be punished for the participation itself with threemonths to three years of imprisonment.