Act C of 2012 on the Criminal Code (as in force on 1 April 2022) This document has been produced for informational purposes only. Extension of waiting period Section 140 (1) If the waiting period is extended, the waiting period of a member of the Hungarian Defence Forces on active service before he is promoted to a subsequent rank shall be extended. The extension period shall be determined in years, and it may not exceed half of the waiting period for the respective rank. (1a) If the waiting period of a professional member of the police, the Parliamentary Guard, the prison service, the professional disaster management organ, or the civil national security services is extended, the period of waiting for being promoted into a subsequent pay grade shall be extended. The extension period shall be determined in years, and it may not exceed half of the waiting period for the respective pay grade. (2) The waiting period shall be extended if the soldier is to serve a longer waiting period before being promoted in rank or pay grade. (3) For members of the Hungarian Defence Forces on active service, the waiting period specified in paragraphs (1) and (2) shall be construed to mean a mandatory waiting period. Expungement with regard to the adverse consequences of having a criminal record Section 141 (1) If demotion or discharge is applied, expungement shall take effect by virtue of the Act on the day when the conclusive decision becomes final and binding. (2) If a sentence of imprisonment is to be served in a military detention facility, the court may grant the convict expungement in advance in its conclusive decision with regard to the adverse consequences of having a criminal record. Such expungement shall take effect on the day when the sentence is served or its enforceability ceases. (3) The application of a military secondary penalty shall not be an obstacle to granting expungement to the convict. SPECIAL PART CHAPTER XIII CRIMES AGAINST HUMANITY Genocide Section 142 (1) A person who, for the purpose of destroying, in whole or in part, a national, ethnic, racial or religious group, a) kills members of the group, b) causes grievous bodily or mental harm to members of the group, c) coerces the group to live under living conditions that threaten the destruction of the group or its individual members, d) takes measures aimed at preventing births within the group, e) forcibly transfers children of the group to another group, is guilty of a felony and shall be punished by imprisonment for ten to twenty years or life. (2) A person who commits preparation for genocide shall be punished by imprisonment for two to eight years. 39 Contact: eu-forditas@im.gov.hu