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Amended by:
XXIV. 2014.18.
General provision.
Added by:
XI. 2009.4.
Amended by:
VIII. 2012.4;
XXIV. 2014.19.
CRIMINAL CODE
GENERAL PROVISION APPLICABLE TO OFFENCES
WHICH ARE RACIALLY AGGRAVATED OR MOTIVATED
BY XENOPHOBIA OR HOMOPHOBIA
83B. The punishment established for any offence shall be
increased by one to two degrees when the offence is aggravated or
motivated, wholly or in part by hatred against a person or a group, on the
grounds of gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, colour,
language, national or ethnic origin, citizenship, religion or belief or
political or other opinion within the meaning of sub-articles (3) to (6),
both inclusive, of article 222A:
Provided that the provisions of this article shall not apply where
an aggravation of punishment in respect of the motives mentioned in this
article is already provided for under this Code or any other law.
Offences
committed by a
body corporate.
Added by:
XXIV. 2014.20.
Amended by:
VIII. 2015.6.
83C. Whenever an offence is committed for the benefit, in part or in
whole, of a body corporate by a person who has the power of
representation of the body corporate, authority to take decisions on
behalf of the body corporate, or authority to exercise control of the body
corporate, without prejudice to any other punishment to which the body
corporate may be liable under any other provision of this Code or of any
other law, the said body corporate may be subject to:
(a) exclusion from entitlement to public benefits or aid;
(b) the suspension or cancellation of any licence, permit
or other authority to engage in any trade, business or
other commercial activity;
(c) placing under judicial supervision;
(d) the compulsory winding up of the body corporate; or
(e) the temporary or permanent closure of any
establishment which may have been used for the
commission of the offence:
Provided that the provisions of this article shall not apply
where the punishment mentioned in this article is already provided
for under this Code or any other law.
TITLE III
O F CRIMES AGAINST THE ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE
AND OTHER PUBLIC ADMINISTRATIONS
Sub-title I
O F THE USURPATION OF P UBLIC AUTHORITY AND OF
THE P OWERS THEREOF