3. Any military commander who kept his soldiers mobilized after an order of
demobilization or discharge was issued.
Article (141)
Whoever, without the consent of the authority, established armed groups or enlisted or
registered armed individuals or equipped such individuals with arms or ammunition,
he / she shall be punished by temporary detention for no less than five years.
(3) Sedition
Article (142)
Any assault that aims to provoke civil war or sectarian fighting through arming
Jordanians or through encouraging them to hold arms against each other or through
incitement on killing and looting of a place or places, shall be punished by life
imprisonment with hard labor. If the assault took place he / she shall be punished by
the death penalty.
Article (143)
Whoever heads an armed mob, or assumes a function or a leadership of any kind in
such a mob, with the aim to invade a town, a place or any part of the State’s or
civilians property for the purpose of attacking or resisting the force working against
the perpetrators of such felonies, shall be punished by life imprisonment with hard
labor.
Article (144)
1. Members of armed bands who aim at committing one of the felonies stated in the
preceding two articles shall be punished by life impressments with hard labor.
2. Any person who did not assume a function or service in the band and was not
detained at the disturbance place and surrendered with his/her weapon without any
resistance and before the issuance of any sentences, shall be relieved from
punishment.
Article (145)
Any person who, with the intent to commit or facilitate the commission of one of the
aforementioned felonies or any other felony against the state, manufactured or
possessed explosive or burning materials or poisonous or blazing products or the
components used in manufacturing or composing such materials, he / she shall be
punished by temporary imprisonment with hard labor in addition to the harsher
penalties the accessories to such felonies deserve if it was committed or there was
only an attempt to commit it or such crimes stayed an incomplete ones.
Article (146)
The conspiracy to commit one of the felonies mentioned in the pervious articles is
punishable by temporary imprisonment with hard labor.
(4) Terrorism
Article (147)
1. Terrorism means : the use, or threat of use, of violence - regardless of its motives
and aims - by an individual or a group in order to contravene public order or