shall be punished by a fine or imprisonment for a term not exceeding three years. (2) Whoever by abuse of his position or authority, contrary to regulations, enables import of radioactive or other material or waste harmful to the life or health of people into the Federation, shall be punished by imprisonment for a term between six months and five years. Article 161 Assassination of the Highest Officials of the Federation Whoever, with the intent of endangering the constitutional order of the Federation or security of the Federation, assassinates an official person of the institutions of the Federation in the discharge of his duties, or the President or the Vice-president of the Federation, the Prime Minister of the Federation, the Chair of either House of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Federation, the President of the Constitutional Court of the Federation, the President of the Supreme Court of the Federation or the Chief Prosecutor of the Federation when not on duty, shall be punished by imprisonment for a term not less than ten years or by long-term imprisonment. Article 162 Kidnapping of the Highest Officials of the Federation (1) Whoever, with the intent of endangering the constitutional order of the Federation or security of the Federation unlawfully confines, keeps confined or in some other manner deprives an official person of the institutions of the Federation of the freedom of movement in the discharge of his duties, or restricts it in some way, with the aim of forcing him or some other person to do or not to do or to bear something, shall be punished by imprisonment for a term not less than three years. (2) Whoever, with the intent of endangering the constitutional order of the Federation or security of the Federation unlawfully confines, keeps confined or in some other manner deprives the President or the Vicepresident of the Federation, the Prime Minister of the Federation, the Chair of either House of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Federation, the President of the Constitutional Court of the Federation, the President of the Supreme Court of the Federation or the Chief Prosecutor of the Federation of the freedom of movement, or restricts it in some way, with the aim of forcing him or some other person to do or not to do or to bear something, shall be punished by imprisonment for a term not less than five years. Article 163 Inciting National, Racial or Religious Hatred, Discord or Hostility (1) Whoever publicly incites and inflames national, racial or religious hatred, discord or hostility among constituent peoples and others who live in the Federation, shall be punished by imprisonment for a term between one and five years. (2) Whoever perpetrates the criminal offence referred to in paragraph 1 of this Article by employing duress and abuse, jeopardizing the safety, exposing national, ethnic or religious symbols to derision, damaging other people’s belongings, desecrating monuments or graves, shall be punished by imprisonment for a term between one and eight years. (3) By the punishment referred to in paragraph 2 of this Article shall be punished whoever perpetrates the criminal offence referred to in paragraph 1 of this Article by abusing his official post or authority or if that act resulted in riots, violence and other grave consequences to life of constituent peoples and others who live in the Federation. (4) Whoever perpetrates the criminal offence referred to in paragraph 2 of this Article by abusing his official 46

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