Act C of 2012 on the Criminal Code (as in force on 1 April 2022) This document has been produced for informational purposes only. Illegal conscription Section 152 (1) A person who a) coerces a protected person to serve in the armed forces or an armed group of a power that is hostile towards the protected person, b) coerces a national of a hostile power to take part in an operation of war directed against his own country is guilty of a felony and shall be punished by imprisonment for five to ten years. (2) A person who commits preparation for the criminal offence specified in paragraph (1) shall be punished by imprisonment for one to five years. (3) A person who enlists or conscripts a person who has not attained the age of eighteen years into an armed force or group or induces such a person to participate in a war, or provides assistance or the conditions necessary to do so shall be punished by imprisonment for five to fifteen years. Attack on protected property Section 153 (1) A person who, in a time of war, launches or continues an attack on a facility that is not a military objective and is not protected by military, or launches or continues an attack that causes such damage to a facility not protected by military or might cause such widespread, long-term and severe damage to the natural environment which is clearly excessive in relation to the direct military advantage anticipated, is guilty of a felony and shall be punished by imprisonment for two to eight years. (2) The punishment shall be imprisonment for five to ten years if the attack is directed against a) a hospital or another place where the sick and wounded are treated or placed, or b) cultural goods protected under an international treaty. (3) A person who utilises or uses cultural goods protected under an international treaty or their direct vicinity for military purposes or appropriates, pillages, damages or destroys such goods shall be punished under paragraph (2). (4) The punishment shall be imprisonment for five to fifteen years if a criminal offence specified in paragraph (2) b) or (3) is committed against cultural goods under special or enhanced protection by an international treaty or their direct vicinity. (5) For the purposes of this section: a) cultural goods means cultural property as defined in Article 1 of the Convention for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict signed in The Hague on 14 May 1954 and promulgated in Law-Decree 14 of 1957, b) cultural goods under special protection means cultural goods as defined in Article 8 of the treaty mentioned in point a), c) cultural goods under enhanced protection means cultural goods as defined in Article 10 of the Second Protocol to the treaty mentioned in point a) as promulgated in Act XXIX of 2006. Pillage Section 154 (1) A person who, within an operational or occupied area, a) pillages civilian goods, b) deprives a population of goods necessary for subsistence by extorting services or other means, or destroys such goods, unless imperatively demanded by the necessities of war is guilty of a felony and shall be punished by imprisonment for one to five years, unless a criminal offence of greater gravity is established. 43 Contact: eu-forditas@im.gov.hu