Article 143. Living in danger
Wittingly living without help of a person whose life or health is danger and deprived opportunities to arrange
the self-preservation in cases, if guilty had an opportunity to assist this person and was obliged to take care,
or had resulted by putting the life or health of the person in danger is punished by fine of up to three hundred nominal financial unit, or by corrective work for the term of up to
one year, or imprisonment for the term of up to six months.
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CRIMES AGAINST FREEDOM AND DIGNITYOF INDIVIDUAL
Article 144. Kidnapping of the person
144.1. Kidnapping of the person –
is punished by imprisonment for the term of five to ten years.
144.2. The same action committed:
144.2.1. against two or more persons;
144.2.2. against a woman, which was pregnant and guilty kidnapping knew about it;
144.2.3. committed by a group of persons, by a group with a premeditated conspiracy or by an organized
group or criminal community (organization);
144.2.4. with application of violence which puts in danger life or health of the victim;
144.2.5. with application of weapon or a subjects used as the weapon;
144.2.6. in mercenary prompting or by order –
it is punished by imprisonment for the term of eight to twelve years.
144.3. The actions provided by articles 144.1 and 144.2 of the present Code, committed against minor or by
negligence brought to death of the victim or other serious consequences –
is punished by imprisonment for the term of ten to fifteen years.
Note: Person who has voluntary released kidnapped, shall be released from the criminal liability if his actions
do not contain structure of other crime.
Article 145. Illegal imprisonment
145.1. Illegal deprivation of freedom of a person, not connected with kidnapping –
is punished by corrective work for the term of up to two years or imprisonment for the term of up to one year.
145.2. The same action committed:
145.2.1. against two or more persons;
145.2.2. against the woman, which was pregnant and guilty of illegal imprisonment knew about it;
145.2.3. against the minors;
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