{"schemaVersion":1,"recordType":"legal-article","id":"law:eri:code:penal:2015:article:127","workId":"law:eri:code:penal:2015","expressionId":"law:eri:code:penal:2015:en","title":"Attacks upon Foreign Officials and Diplomats","number":"127","language":"en","canonicalUrl":"https://eriatlas.com/law/penal-code-2015/article/127/","hierarchy":{"part":"PART II — THE SPECIAL PART","book":"BOOK II — OFFENCES AGAINST THE INTERESTS OF THE STATE","title":null,"chapter":"Chapter 2. — Offences against Foreign States"},"paragraphs":[{"id":"lead","number":"","text":"A person who commits an act of violence on a member of a foreign government or upon a member of a diplomatic mission accredited to the State of Eritrea, or upon a representative of an international humanitarian organization, because of such person’s status or official duties, and where such person is within the jurisdiction of the Eritrean Courts in his official capacity,","canonicalUrl":"https://eriatlas.com/law/penal-code-2015/article/127/#lead","sourceTargets":[{"sourceId":"penal-code-2015-en","pdfPage":112,"url":"https://eriatlas.com/sources/penal-code-2015/page/112/?article=127&paragraph=lead#article-127-lead"}]},{"id":"u2","number":"","text":"is guilty of an attack upon foreign officials and diplomats, 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/127/#u2","sourceTargets":[{"sourceId":"penal-code-2015-en","pdfPage":112,"url":"https://eriatlas.com/sources/penal-code-2015/page/112/?article=127&paragraph=u2#article-127-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."}