Act IV of 1978 on the Criminal Code GENERAL ... - Legislationline

(1) The person, who - without having agreed with the perpetrator <strong>of</strong> a crime before the perpetration -,gives assistance to the perpetrator so that he escapes from the prosecution <strong>of</strong> the authority,strives to frustrate the success <strong>of</strong> criminal proceedings,co-operates in securing the advantage resulting from the crime,commits a misdemeanour, and shall be punishable with imprisonment <strong>of</strong> up to one year.(2) The person, who commits harbouring for pr<strong>of</strong>it-making, shall be punishable for a felony with imprisonment <strong>of</strong> upto three years.(3) The punishment shall be for a felony imprisonment <strong>of</strong> up to five years, if the harbouringis committed in connection with the violent changing <strong>of</strong> constitutional order, conspiracy against the constitutionalorder, riot, sabotage, high treason, treachery, assistance <strong>of</strong> the enemy, espionage, homicide [Section 166, subsections (1)and (2)], kidnapping, act <strong>of</strong> terrorism, seizure <strong>of</strong> aircraft, any means <strong>of</strong> railway, water or road transport or any means <strong>of</strong>freight transport or a military crime which is also punishable with life imprisonment,is committed by an <strong>of</strong>ficial person during his proceedings.(4) Except for subsection (2) and subsection (3), paragraph , the person who commits the harbouring defined insubsection (1), paragraph in the interest <strong>of</strong> his relative, shall not be punishable.(1) Any person who escapes from the custody <strong>of</strong> the authority in the course <strong>of</strong> criminal proceedings or fromimprisonment is guilty <strong>of</strong> a felony punishable by imprisonment not to exceed three years.(2) Any inmate who is released from custody on the grounds <strong>of</strong> authorized interruption, leave, short leave orfurlough, and fails to return in due time with the intention <strong>of</strong> evading further imprisonment is guilty <strong>of</strong> a misdemeanorpunishable by imprisonment not to exceed one year, work in community service or a fine.(1) The prisoner who participates together with his fellow prisoners in an open disobediance gravely endangering theorder <strong>of</strong> law enforcement, commits a felony, and shall be punishable with imprisonment from one year to five years.(2)The initiator, organiser or head <strong>of</strong> the riot <strong>of</strong> prisoners,its participant, who applies violence against a person acting against the riot <strong>of</strong> prisonersshall be punishable with imprisonment from two years to eight years.(3) The riot <strong>of</strong> prisoners shall be punishable with imprisonment from five years to fifteen years, if the crime hadparticularly grave consequences.(4) In case <strong>of</strong> subsection (1), the punishment <strong>of</strong> the person who stops opposition voluntarily or upon the appeal <strong>of</strong> theauthority, may be mitigated without limitation.(5) The person who perpetrates preparations for a riot <strong>of</strong> prisoners, shall be punishable for a felony withimprisonment <strong>of</strong> up to three years.(1) The attorney-at-law who - with the aim <strong>of</strong> causing unlawful disadvantage to his client - violates his obligationarising from his pr<strong>of</strong>ession, commits a felony, and shall be punishable with imprisonment <strong>of</strong> up to three years.(2) The punishment shall be imprisonment <strong>of</strong> up to five years, if the crime is committed for pr<strong>of</strong>it-making.