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
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