Article 116
Whoever murders another human being by taking his life
1) in a cruel or perfidious manner;
2) due to taking action in official acts to protect public security, or in a pre-trial criminal
procedure, or due to decisions of state prosecutors, or due to the proceeding and
decisions of judges, or due to criminal complaint, or testimony in a court proceeding;
3) because of violation of equality;
4) out of desire to murder, out of greed, in order to commit or to conceal another
criminal offence, out of unscrupulous vengeance, or from other base motives;
5) with the act committed within a criminal organisation to commit such offences,
shall be sentenced to imprisonment for not less than fifteen years.
Voluntary Manslaughter
Article 117
Whoever kills another person through no fault of his own under provocation of
assault or serious personal insult from that person shall be sentenced to imprisonment
for not less than one and not more than ten years.
Negligent Homicide
Article 118
Whoever causes the death of another by negligence shall be sentenced to
imprisonment for not less than six months and not more than five years.
Infanticide
Article 119
A mother who takes her child's life during or immediately after giving birth by
reason of mental disturbance provoked by giving birth shall be sentenced to
imprisonment for not more than three years.
Solicitation to and Assistance in Suicide
Article 120
(1) Whoever intentionally solicits another person to kill himself or assists him in
doing so, resulting in that person indeed committing suicide, shall be sentenced to
imprisonment for not less than six months and not more than five years.
(2) Whoever commits the offence under the preceding paragraph against a
minor above fourteen years of age or against a person whose ability to understand the