{"schemaVersion":1,"recordType":"legal-article","id":"law:eri:code:penal:2015:article:159","workId":"law:eri:code:penal:2015","expressionId":"law:eri:code:penal:2015:en","title":"Destroying Official Seals","number":"159","language":"en","canonicalUrl":"https://eriatlas.com/law/penal-code-2015/article/159/","hierarchy":{"part":"PART II — THE SPECIAL PART","book":"BOOK II — OFFENCES AGAINST THE INTERESTS OF THE STATE","title":null,"chapter":"Chapter 6. — Offences against Public Authority"},"paragraphs":[{"id":"lead","number":"","text":"A person who intentionally and without lawful authority removes, damages, breaks or renders ineffective in any way any official seal, mark or sign affixed by the authorities for the purpose of identifying, enclosing, preserving or protecting any property, object or documents, or for restricting access thereto","canonicalUrl":"https://eriatlas.com/law/penal-code-2015/article/159/#lead","sourceTargets":[{"sourceId":"penal-code-2015-en","pdfPage":140,"url":"https://eriatlas.com/sources/penal-code-2015/page/140/?article=159&paragraph=lead#article-159-lead"}]},{"id":"u2","number":"","text":"is guilty of violation of official seals, a Class 2 petty offence, punishable with a definite term of imprisonment of not less than 1 month and not more than 6 months, or a fine of 5,001 – 20,000 Nakfas, to be set in intervals of 1,000 Nakfas.","canonicalUrl":"https://eriatlas.com/law/penal-code-2015/article/159/#u2","sourceTargets":[{"sourceId":"penal-code-2015-en","pdfPage":140,"url":"https://eriatlas.com/sources/penal-code-2015/page/140/?article=159&paragraph=u2#article-159-u2"},{"sourceId":"penal-code-2015-en","pdfPage":141,"url":"https://eriatlas.com/sources/penal-code-2015/page/141/?article=159&paragraph=u2#article-159-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."}