A person who intentionally and publicly asserts fabricated or distorted facts, knowing them to be such, in order to cast disparagement upon any religion or ethnic group, or who unlawfully disrupts or attempts to obstruct a religious service or assembly,
Penal Code
2015 English source edition · Current applicability not established.
English-language 2015 Ministry of Justice edition. Refworld catalogues this English expression as an unofficial translation; Eri Atlas has not independently verified the translation.
Article 195
Defamation of or Interference with Religious and Ethnic Groups · Preserved transcription; page attribution imported from the source collection. Verify against the original.
is guilty of defamation of or interference with religious and ethnic groups, 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.