Article 145. § 1. Whoever, performing the service substituting the military service: 1) refuses to perform it, or maliciously or persistently refuses to perform obligations resulting from the service or to perform an order regarding official matters, 2) in order to evade in whole or in part the performance of the service or of the obligation resulting from this service: a) causes for himself, or allows someone else to cause a consequence specified in Article 156 § 1 or Article 157 § 1, b) uses a deceit to mislead a superior shall be subject to a fine, the penalty of restriction of liberty or the penalty of deprivation of liberty for up to 2 years. § 2. The same punishment shall be imposed on anyone, who, while performing the service specified in § 1, wilfully leaves the designated place where his service duties are performed or wilfully stays away from it. § 3. If the perpetrator of the prohibited act specified in § 2 wilfully leaves the designated place where his service duties are performed or wilfully stays away from it, with a purpose to permanently evade the performance of the service, shall be subject to the penalty of deprivation of liberty for up to 3 years. Article 146. If the perpetrator of the offence specified in Article 145 § 2 and 3 has returned voluntarily, and his absence has lasted not longer than 14 days, the court may apply an extraordinary mitigation of the penalty or even renounce its imposition. Article 147.With respect to a perpetrator of the offence specified in Article 143 § 1 or in Article 144 or 145, who, at the time of the commission of the offence, was unfit for the military service, the court may apply an extraordinary mitigation of the penalty or even renounce its imposition. CHAPTER XIX Offences Against Life and Health 10

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