shall be punished by imprisonment for a term between six months and five years.
(2) An official or responsible person in the Federation, who perpetrates the criminal offence referred to in
paragraph 1 of this Article,
shall be punished by imprisonment for a term between one and eight years.
(3) An official or responsible person in the institutions in the Federation, who in contravention to the
regulations on the equal use of languages and alphabets of the constituent peoples and others living on the
territory of Bosnia and Herzegovina, restricts or denies to a citizen the use of his language or alphabet while
addressing bodies or institutions of the Federation, business enterprises or other legal persons in order to
exercise his rights,
shall be punished by a fine or imprisonment for a term not exceeding one year.
(4) An official or responsible person in the institutions in the Federation, who denies or restricts to a citizen
the right to be freely employed within the entire territory of Bosnia and Herzegovina and under the same
prescribed terms,
shall be punished by imprisonment for a term between six months and five years.
Article 178
Prevention of Return of a Refugee or Displaced Person
(1) Whoever by use of force, serious threat or other illegal way prevents a refugee or a displaced person to
return to his home of origin, or to use his property of which he was deprived in the course of hostilities since
1991,
shall be punished by imprisonment for a term between one and ten years.
(2) Whoever participates in a group of people, which perpetrates the criminal offence referred to in
paragraph 1 of this Article,
shall be punished by imprisonment for a term not less than three years.
(3) Whoever organises or directs in any way the group of people, which perpetrates the criminal offence
referred to in paragraph 1 of this Article,
shall be punished by imprisonment for a term not less than five years.
Article 179
Unlawful Deprivation of Freedom
(1) Whoever unlawfully imprisons another person, keeps him imprisoned or otherwise restricts his freedom
of movement,
shall be punished by a fine or imprisonment for a term not exceeding three years.
(2) If the unlawful deprivation of freedom lasted for more than thirty days, or if it was done in a cruel
manner, or if such a treatment of the person who was illegally deprived of freedom caused grave impairment
of his health, or if some other serious consequences occurred, the perpetrator
shall be punished by imprisonment for a term between two and eight years.
(3) If the person who has been illegally deprived of freedom lost his life because of the criminal offence
referred to in paragraph 1 of this Article, the perpetrator
shall be punished by imprisonment for a term not less than five years.
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