Any public official, who arrests or imprisons a person in circumstances other than
those stipulated by law, shall be punished by imprisonment from three months to one
year.
Article (179)
If the wardens and guards of prisons and rehabilitation institutions and whoever
perform their duties from among the public officials, accepted a person without a
judicial warrant or decision or they kept him/her detained after the expiration of
his/her detention term, shall be punished by imprisonment from one month to one
year.
Article (180)
The previously mentioned public officials, officers and personnel of the police and
any other administrative officials who refuses or delays to bring a detainee or a
prisoner before the related court or the judge who requests them to do so , shall be
punished by imprisonment for a period not to exceed six months or a fine not to
exceed fifty dinars (JD50).
Article (181)
1. Any public official who enters in his/ her capacity as a public official the
residence of another person or the attachments of such residence in circumstances
other than those permitted by the law , shall be punished by imprisonment from
three months to two years and a fine from twenty to one hundred dinars (JD20100).
2. If his / her act was combined with surveying the place or any other act contrary to
law, the penalty shall be not less than six months.
3. If the public official committed the previously mentioned act without regard to the
procedures imposed by the law, he / she shall be punished by imprisonment from
one month to one year and a fine from five to twenty dinars (JD5-20).
4. Any public official who enters in his / her capacity as a public official one of the
private places such as the place where a person performs his / her commercial
activities in circumstances other than those permitted by the law or without regard
to the procedures imposed by the law, shall be punished by imprisonment not to
exceed six months and a fine not to exceed fifty dinars (JD50).
(4) Abuse of Power and Breach of Public Office Duties
Article (182)
1. Any public official who uses his/her office powers directly or indirectly in order
to obstruct or delay the implementation of the law provisions or the applicable
regulations or the collection of fees and taxes provided for in the law or the
execution of judicial decisions or any order issued by a competent authority, shall
be punished by imprisonment from on month to two years.
2. If the person who used his / her power and authority is not a public official, he /
she shall be punished by imprisonment from one week to one year.
Article (183)
1. Any public official who, without a lawful reason, is remiss in carrying out the
duties of his / her post and executing the orders of his / her superior that are issued
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