Penal Code · English · 2015
Article 253
Contamination or Distribution of Contaminated Drinking Water, Food, Medicine or Consumable Goods
water in wells, rivers, reservoirs or other sources of drinking water for people or distributes same;
#is guilty of contamination of water, food, medicine or consumable goods, a Class 9 serious offence, punishable with a definite term of imprisonment of not less than 1 year and not more than 3 years.
#A person who intentionally distributes these substances knowing that they have been contaminated,
#is guilty of distribution of contaminated water, food, medicine or consumable goods a Class 8 serious offence, punishable with a definite term of imprisonment of not less than 3 years and not more than 5 years.
#is guilty of contamination of water, food, medicine or consumable goods, a Class 1 petty offence, punishable with a definite term of imprisonment of not less than 6 months and not more than 12 months, or a fine of 20,001 – 50,000 Nakfas, to be set in intervals of 2,500 Nakfas.
#A person who intentionally distributes these substances knowing that they have been contaminated, is guilty of distribution of contaminated water, food, medicine or consumable goods, a Class 9 serious offence, punishable with a definite term of imprisonment of not less than 1 year and not more than 3 years.
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