{"schemaVersion":1,"recordType":"legal-article","id":"law:eri:code:penal:2015:article:203","workId":"law:eri:code:penal:2015","expressionId":"law:eri:code:penal:2015:en","title":"Raising a False Alarm","number":"203","language":"en","canonicalUrl":"https://eriatlas.com/law/penal-code-2015/article/203/","hierarchy":{"part":"PART II — THE SPECIAL PART","book":"BOOK II — OFFENCES AGAINST THE INTERESTS OF THE STATE","title":null,"chapter":"Chapter 8. — Offences against Public Order"},"paragraphs":[{"id":"lead","number":"","text":"A person who summons or sets into motion the emergency services of the police, rescue, medical or similar public authorities falsely,","canonicalUrl":"https://eriatlas.com/law/penal-code-2015/article/203/#lead","sourceTargets":[{"sourceId":"penal-code-2015-en","pdfPage":161,"url":"https://eriatlas.com/sources/penal-code-2015/page/161/?article=203&paragraph=lead#article-203-lead"}]},{"id":"u2","number":"","text":"is guilty of raising a false alarm, 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/203/#u2","sourceTargets":[{"sourceId":"penal-code-2015-en","pdfPage":161,"url":"https://eriatlas.com/sources/penal-code-2015/page/161/?article=203&paragraph=u2#article-203-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."}