Penal Code · English · 2015
Article 269
Contribution to Shortages or Famine
A person who intentionally, for gain and without lawful excuse, contributes to a severe shortage or famine by:
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hiding or hoarding grain, foodstuffs, agricultural inputs such as fertilizers and pesticides, medicine or provisions necessary to the life or health of human beings or animals; or
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destroying or preventing the transport or distribution of grain, foodstuffs, medicine or provisions necessary to the life or health of human beings, animals or plants,
#is guilty of contribution to shortages or famine, 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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