A person who knowingly receives, buys or sells plundered goods shall be sentenced to a term of
short-term labour of less than 1 year.
Article 264 (Destruction of Graves)
A person who intentionally destroys a grave shall be sentenced to a term of short-term labour of
less than 1 year. In cases where many graves have been destroyed, he or she shall be sentenced to
a term of reform through labour of less than 2 years.
Article 265 (Failure to Prevent Grave Consequences)
A person who knows that a person is at risk of death or that a particularly large amount of
property loss could be incurred, and causes a person to die or causes a particularly large amount
of property loss by failing to inform the authorities concerned or a relevant person, or failing to
act to save or stop it, shall be sentenced to a term of short-term labour of less than 1 year.
CHAPTER IX. CRIMES OF VIOLATING A CITIZEN’S PERSON AND PROPERTY
SECTION 1. CRIMES OF VIOLATING LIFE, HEALTH, CHARACTER
Article 266 (Intentional Murder)
A person who intentionally kills a person for ignoble motives such as greed or jealousy shall be
sentenced to a term of reform through labour of more than 10 years. In particularly grave cases
of the acts in the foregoing paragraph, he or she shall be sentenced to life-term of reform through
labour or to the death penalty.
Article 267 (Intentional Manslaughter)
A person who intentionally kills a person without ignoble motives such as greed or jealousy shall
be sentenced to a term of reform through labour of more than 3 years and less than 10 years. In
grave cases of the acts in the foregoing paragraph, he or she shall be sentenced to a term of
reform through labour of more than 10 years.
Article 268 (Homicide Induced by Fit of Rage)
A person who has killed a person in a fit of rage brought on by the assault or grave insults of the
victim shall be sentenced to a term of reform through labour of less than 3 years. In cases where
a person has killed several people in the acts of the foregoing paragraph, he or she shall be
sentenced to a term of reform through labour of more than 3 years and less than 8 years.
Article 269 (Homicide beyond Justifiable Self-Defence)
A person who kills by exceeding the limits of self-defence or by exceeding the necessary limits
of execution of duties or carrying out activities shall be sentenced to a term of short-term labour
of less than 1 year.