A person who intentionally, for gain and without lawful excuse, contributes to a severe shortage or famine by:
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 269
Contribution to Shortages or Famine · Preserved transcription; page attribution imported from the source collection. Verify against the original.
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
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.