A person who commits an offence under Article 253 and in so doing:
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 254
Aggravated Contamination or Distribution of Drinking Water, Food, Medicine or Consumable Goods · Preserved transcription; page attribution imported from the source collection. Verify against the original.
creates a risk to the health or safety of a large number of people, animals or plants;
causes serious bodily injury to another person; or
causes significant public alarm or anxiety or causes significant economic loss through public awareness of the contamination,
is, if the offence was committed by contamination of the substances described in Article 253, guilty of aggravated contamination, a Class 7 serious offence, punishable with a definite term of imprisonment of not less than 5 years and not more than 7 years.
If the offence was committed by distribution of the substances described in Article 253, the offender,
is guilty of aggravated distribution, a Class 6 serious offence, punishable with a definite term of imprisonment of not less than 7 years and not more than 10 years.
If any person exposed to a contamination or distribution as described in Article 253 dies as a direct effect of the contamination or distribution, the offender, is guilty of murder, punishable under Article 275.