Whoever unlawfully destroys papers, deeds or official records deposited in government places and intended for storing, or delivered to the public officer assigned to take custody of the said items shall be punished with imprisonment for a term not exceeding three years and/or a fine not exceeding ten thousand Qatari Riyals (QR 10.000). The penalty shall be imprisonment for a term not exceeding five years if the perpetrator is the guardian or the person entrusted with the said items. Article 194 Whoever takes possession of or conceals from the post officers or the officers of telecommunications, a letter, a cable, a package or a box, or opens any of them or discloses their contents of data or information or facilitates this to others shall be punished with imprisonment for a term not exceeding three years and/or a fine not exceeding ten thousand Qatari Riyals (QR 10.000). The perpetrator may be dismissed from office in the cases provided for in this Article and the second paragraph of the preceding Article. Chapter Six Escape and Hiding of Arrested and Detained Persons Article 195 Whoever escapes a legal detention shall be punished with imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months and/or a fine not exceeding three thousand Riyals (QR 3000). The penalty of imprisonment for a term shall not exceed three years if the escapee is a prisoner, if the offence is committed by more than one person, through menace or violence on persons and objects. If weapons are used in the offence or a threat to use weapons, the penalty shall be imprisonment for a term not exceeding five years. Article 196 Whoever, being entrusted to guard a prisoner or a person in custody, to accompany or transport him, if he intentionally enables him to escape or feigns inattention to allow him to do so shall be punished with imprisonment for a term not exceeding three years. The same penalty shall apply to the public officer entrusted, pursuant to the obligations of his office, to arrest a person if he intentionally helps him to escape. The penalty of imprisonment Article 197 The penalty of imprisonment for a term not exceeding one year and a fine not exceeding five thousand Qatari Riyals (5000 QR) or one of the two penalties, shall apply to any person who is entrusted to guard a prisoner or a person in custody or to accompany or transport him and due to his negligence the said person escapes. Article 198 Whoever helps a person in custody or a prisoner to escape in cases other than those mentioned above shall be punished with imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years and/ a fine not exceeding ten thousand Qatari Riyals (QR 10.000). The penalty imposed shall be imprisonment for a term of not less than five years and no more than ten years if the escapee has been sentenced to death. If the escapee has been sentenced to life imprisonment or to no more than three years in prison, or accused of committing a crime the penalty of which is