Act C of 2012 on the Criminal Code (as in force on 1 April 2022) This document has been produced for informational purposes only. Child labour Section 209 A person who a) violates the statutory provisions on the employment of persons who have not attained the age of eighteen years, or b) employs a third-country national who has not attained the age of eighteen years and does not hold a permission to carry out gainful activities is guilty of a felony and shall be punished by imprisonment for up to three years. Preventing the exercise of contact rights with a minor Section 210 (1) A person who prevents, due to his own fault, the development or maintenance of a relationship between a minor placed with him under an authority decision and a person with contact rights with that minor even after a fine was imposed for the enforcement of such contact rights is guilty of a misdemeanour and shall be punished by imprisonment for up to one year. (2) The perpetrator shall not be liable to punishment if he allows such contact in a suitable manner prior to a first instance conclusive decision being passed and commences the substitution of missed forms of contact. Changing the placement of a minor Section 211 (1) A person who, for the purpose of changing the placement of the minor permanently, takes a minor away from the person with whom the minor was placed by an authority under an enforceable authority decision without the permission of that person, or keeps the minor hidden or in secret, is guilty of a misdemeanour and shall be punished by imprisonment for up to one year. (2) A person who uses violence or a direct threat to life or physical integrity at the time of taking the minor away in the course of committing the criminal offence specified in paragraph (1) is guilty of a felony and shall be punished by imprisonment for up to three years. Failure to provide maintenance Section 212 (1) A person who, due to his own fault, fails to perform his child maintenance obligation as prescribed by law and an enforceable authority decision is guilty of a misdemeanour and shall be punished by imprisonment for up to two years. (2) A person who, due to his own fault, fails to perform his maintenance obligation as prescribed by law and an enforceable authority decision and causes serious deprivation to the person entitled to maintenance as a result is guilty of a felony and shall be punished by imprisonment for up to three years. (3) The perpetrator shall not be liable to punishment under paragraph (1) or in the case specified in paragraph (2) his punishment may be reduced without limitation if he performs his obligation prior to a first instance conclusive decision being passed. Domestic violence Section 212/A (1) A person who, on a regular basis and against a parent of his child or against his relative, former spouse, former cohabitant, custodian, guardian or individual under his custodianship or guardianship who lived, prior to or at the time of the commission, in the same household, a) behaves in a violent and humiliating manner that seriously violates human dignity, 67 Contact: eu-forditas@im.gov.hu