Penal Code · English · 2015
Article 112
Treason
An Eritrean citizen or any other person entrusted with the protection of the national interests of Eritrea who:
#discloses, delivers, communicates, divulges or otherwise makes accessible or available to a foreign Power, State, Organization, individual or any other such entity or persons or unauthorized members of the Eritrean public, a State secret or documents, papers, proceeds of negotiations, deliberations or decisions officially not required to be divulged in order to protect the interests of Eritrea;
#obstructs, misleads, betrays, entices into disloyalty or dispiritedness persons or entities engaged in the defense of Eritrea;
#patently sacrifices the national interests of Eritrea to a foreign Power, for whatsoever reasons or interests, during negotiations wherein he/she is engaged as representative of the State of Eritrea; or
#procures military manpower, equipment, property or services to enemies of Eritrea or otherwise obliterates, destroys, represses or falsifies papers, documents or any other related objects crucial for the defense or security of Eritrea,
#is guilty of treason, a Class 4 serious offence, punishable with a definite term of imprisonment of not less than 13 years and not more than 16 years.
#Any person who is engaged in any one of the activities listed in the paragraph (1) in time of war or state emergencies,
#is guilty of treason during times of war or state emergencies, a Class 2 serious offence, punishable with life imprisonment, or, in cases of exceptional gravity, with death, or with a definite term of imprisonment of not less than 19 years and not more than 23 years.
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