{"schemaVersion":1,"recordType":"legal-article","id":"law:eri:code:penal:2015:article:114","workId":"law:eri:code:penal:2015","expressionId":"law:eri:code:penal:2015:en","title":"Espionage","number":"114","language":"en","canonicalUrl":"https://eriatlas.com/law/penal-code-2015/article/114/","hierarchy":{"part":"PART II — THE SPECIAL PART","book":"BOOK II — OFFENCES AGAINST THE INTERESTS OF THE STATE","title":null,"chapter":"Chapter 1. — Offences Endangering the Security of the State"},"paragraphs":[{"id":"p1","number":"1","text":"A person who, without being formally recruited by such entities, intentionally and without lawful authority","canonicalUrl":"https://eriatlas.com/law/penal-code-2015/article/114/#p1","sourceTargets":[{"sourceId":"penal-code-2015-en","pdfPage":107,"url":"https://eriatlas.com/sources/penal-code-2015/page/107/?article=114&paragraph=p1#article-114-p1"}]},{"id":"p1a","number":"a","parentId":"p1","text":"communicates or makes available or delivers by any other means to a foreign State or organization hostile to Eritrea documents, plans or other items of information that he knows should be kept secret and that he knows may be used by another State or hostile organization for a purpose prejudicial to the interests of Eritrea; or","canonicalUrl":"https://eriatlas.com/law/penal-code-2015/article/114/#p1a","sourceTargets":[{"sourceId":"penal-code-2015-en","pdfPage":107,"url":"https://eriatlas.com/sources/penal-code-2015/page/107/?article=114&paragraph=p1a#article-114-p1a"}]},{"id":"p1b","number":"b","parentId":"p1","text":"participates in or assists a political, diplomatic, military or economic intelligence service of a foreign State or organization hostile to Eritrea,","canonicalUrl":"https://eriatlas.com/law/penal-code-2015/article/114/#p1b","sourceTargets":[{"sourceId":"penal-code-2015-en","pdfPage":107,"url":"https://eriatlas.com/sources/penal-code-2015/page/107/?article=114&paragraph=p1b#article-114-p1b"}]},{"id":"p1-tail","number":"","parentId":"p1","text":"is guilty, of espionage, a Class 4 serious offence, punishable with a definite term of imprisonment of not less than 13 years and not more than 16 years.","canonicalUrl":"https://eriatlas.com/law/penal-code-2015/article/114/#p1-tail","sourceTargets":[{"sourceId":"penal-code-2015-en","pdfPage":107,"url":"https://eriatlas.com/sources/penal-code-2015/page/107/?article=114&paragraph=p1-tail#article-114-p1-tail"}]},{"id":"p2","number":"2","text":"A person who, being formally recruited by the entities described in sub-Article (1), intentionally and without lawful authority, commits any of the acts described therein,","canonicalUrl":"https://eriatlas.com/law/penal-code-2015/article/114/#p2","sourceTargets":[{"sourceId":"penal-code-2015-en","pdfPage":108,"url":"https://eriatlas.com/sources/penal-code-2015/page/108/?article=114&paragraph=p2#article-114-p2"}]},{"id":"p2-tail","number":"","parentId":"p2","text":"is guilty of espionage, a Class 3 serious offence, punishable with a definite term of imprisonment of not less than 16 years and not more than 19 years.","canonicalUrl":"https://eriatlas.com/law/penal-code-2015/article/114/#p2-tail","sourceTargets":[{"sourceId":"penal-code-2015-en","pdfPage":108,"url":"https://eriatlas.com/sources/penal-code-2015/page/108/?article=114&paragraph=p2-tail#article-114-p2-tail"}]}],"caution":"English-language 2015 Ministry of Justice edition. Refworld catalogues this English expression as an unofficial translation; Eri Atlas has not independently verified the translation."}