meaning of his act or to control his conduct was substantially diminished shall be
sentenced to imprisonment for not less than one and not more than ten years.
(3) In the event of the offence under paragraph 1 of the this Article being
committed against a minor under fourteen years of age or against a person who was not
capable of understanding the meaning of his act or of controlling his conduct shall be
punished according to the prescription for murder.
(4) Whoever treats his subordinate or a person depending on him in a cruel or
inhumane manner, resulting in this person's suicide, shall be sentenced to imprisonment
for not less than six months and not more than five years.
(5) Whoever, under particularly mitigating circumstances, assists another
person to commit suicide, and if that person indeed commits suicide, shall be sentenced
to imprisonment for not more than three years.
(6) If, relating to a criminal offence under the above paragraphs, the suicide has
only been attempted, the Court may reduce the punishment of the perpetrator.
Illegal Abortion
Article 121
(1) Whoever performs or commences to perform an abortion upon a pregnant
woman with her consent or assists her in inducing the abortion in a manner not
congruous with medical practice and methods of termination of pregnancy, specified by
law, shall be sentenced to imprisonment between six months and five years.
(2) Whoever performs or commences to perform an abortion upon a pregnant
woman without her consent shall be sentenced to imprisonment for not less than one
and not more than eight years.
(3) Whoever affects the selection of gender of the future child by using
fertilisation method with medical assistance, unless in order to avoid severe hereditary
disease connected to gender, shall be sentenced to imprisonment of not more than
three years.
(4) Whoever illegally performs the procedure of fertilisation with biomedical
assistance due to surrogate motherhood shall be punished in the same manner as in the
preceding paragraph of this Article.
(5) Whoever trades in sperm cells, unfertilised egg cells and early human
embryos shall be punished in the same manner as in paragraph 3 of this Article.
(6) If the act under preceding paragraphs results in severe bodily harm of the
woman, the perpetrator shall be sentenced to imprisonment between one and ten years.