employed violence or a threat of violence, or if the offence was committed by several persons together. 1) L. 82/1998, 123. gr. Art. 232 [A person who violates a restraining order or order to leave the home under the Restraining Orders and Occupation Orders Act shall be fined or imprisoned for up to 1 year. In the event of a repeated or gross violation, punishment may take the form of up to 2 years’ imprisonment.] Any person who publicly persecutes another person by making knowingly false statements designed to lower his or her standing in the public estimation shall be fined or [imprisoned] for up to 1 year. 1) 2) 1) L. 85/2011, 20. gr. L. 82/1998, 124. gr. 2) Art. 233 Anyone who makes a threat of committing a criminal act, the threat being designed to cause another person to fear for his or her life or health, or wellbeing, or that of other persons, shall be fined … or imprisoned for up to 2 years. 1) 1) L. 82/1998, 125. gr. [Art. 233 a [Anyone who publicly mocks, defames, denigrates or threatens a person or group of persons by comments or expressions of another nature, for example by means of pictures or symbols, for their nationality, colour, race, religion, sexual orientation or gender identity, or disseminates such materials, shall be fined or imprisoned for up to 2 years.] ] 1) 2) 1) L. 13/2014, 2. gr. L. 96/1973, 1. gr. 2) [Art. 233 b Anyone who insults or denigrates his or her spouse or ex-spouse, child or other closely-related person, the offence being considered as constituting serious defamation, shall be imprisoned for up to two years.] 1) 1) L. 27/2006, 3. gr. Art. 234 Anyone who defames another person by insults in word or deed and anyone who disseminates such defamation, shall be fined or [imprisoned] for up to 1 year. 1) 1) L. 82/1998, 127. gr. Art. 235 Making insinuations about another person of a nature that would damage his or her reputation, or spreading such insinuations about, shall be punishable by fines or [imprisonment] of up to 1 year. 1) 1) L. 82/1998, 128. gr. Art. 236 Making or disseminating a defamatory insinuation against one’s better knowledge shall be punishable by … up to 2 years’ imprisonment. If an insinuation is made or disseminated publicly even though the person making it had no reason to believe it to be correct, this shall be punishable by a fine … or up to 2 year’s imprisonment. 1) 1) 1) L. 82/1998, 129. gr.