{"schemaVersion":1,"recordType":"legal-article","id":"law:eri:code:penal:2015:article:122","workId":"law:eri:code:penal:2015","expressionId":"law:eri:code:penal:2015:en","title":"Seditious Libel","number":"122","language":"en","canonicalUrl":"https://eriatlas.com/law/penal-code-2015/article/122/","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":"lead","number":"","text":"A person who teaches or advocates, or who knowingly publishes or circulates any writing that advocates the use of force as a means of accomplishing a governmental change within Eritrea,","canonicalUrl":"https://eriatlas.com/law/penal-code-2015/article/122/#lead","sourceTargets":[{"sourceId":"penal-code-2015-en","pdfPage":110,"url":"https://eriatlas.com/sources/penal-code-2015/page/110/?article=122&paragraph=lead#article-122-lead"}]},{"id":"u2","number":"","text":"is guilty of seditious libel, a Class 8 serious offence, punishable with a definite term of imprisonment of not less than 3 years and not more than 5 years.","canonicalUrl":"https://eriatlas.com/law/penal-code-2015/article/122/#u2","sourceTargets":[{"sourceId":"penal-code-2015-en","pdfPage":110,"url":"https://eriatlas.com/sources/penal-code-2015/page/110/?article=122&paragraph=u2#article-122-u2"}]}],"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."}