censure.
Section VIII
Crimes Against Freedom of Meetings, Rallies and
Demonstrations
Article 174a
(New, SG No. 10/1990)
(1) A person who by use of force, fraud, threat or another unlawful way breaks up or
hinders a meeting, rally or demonstration, allowed by the Meetings, Rallies and Demonstrations
Act, shall be punished by imprisonment for up to two years.
(2) An organiser who, in violation of Article 12, paragraph (3), and Article 13, paragraph
(1), of the Meetings, Rallies and Demonstrations Act, conducts a prohibited or continues to
conduct terminated meeting, rally or demonstration, shall be punished by imprisonment for up to
one year.
Special Provision
Article 175
(Amended, SG No. 28/1982, supplemented, SG No. 62/1997, amended, SG No. 92/2002)
(1) For crimes under Article 170, paragraphs (1) and (4), Article 171, paragraph (1),
Article 172, paragraph (2), and Article 173, penal proceedings shall be instituted or the basis of
complaint by the aggrieved party.
(2) (Amended, SG No. 19/2008) Public prosecution criminal proceedings with regard to
acts qualifying under Articles 172, paragraph 1, and 174 shall be brought up upon complaint of
the victim filed with the relevant Prosecution Office and may not be terminated upon his/her
request.
Chapter Four
CRIMES AGAINST MARRIAGE, THE FAMILY AND
YOUTH
Section I
Crimes Against Marriage and the Family
Article 176
(1) A person who, upon entering into marriage, consciously conceals from registrar of the
civil status a legal obstacle to the marriage, shall be punished by imprisonment for up to two
years.
(2) A registrar of the civil status who solemnises a marriage, being in the knowledge that
there exists a legal obstacle to its conclusion, shall be punished by imprisonment for up to three
years, and the court may also rule deprivation of the right under Article 37 (1), sub-paragraph 6.