PENAL CODE of the Democratic Republic of Timor Leste
3. If the victim is a spouse, descendant, parent or collateral kin to the second
degree, a person who has adopted or is adopted by the perpetrator or a person
cohabiting with the perpetrator in conditions analogous to those of spouse, the limits
to the penalties referred to in the previous subarticles shall be increased by onethird.
Article 144. Incitement or aiding suicide
1. Any person who incites another person to commit suicide, or provides assistance
for said purpose, if the suicide is actually attempted or consummated, is punishable
with up to 3 years imprisonment or a penalty of fine.
2. If the acts described in the previous subarticles are committed against any of the
persons referred to in subarticle 143.3 or a minor below the age of 17 or a person
whose ability to assess and decide is significantly impaired, the same is punishable
by up to 5 years imprisonment.
3. Any person who, by any means, repeatedly and publicly advocates suicide is
punishable with up to 2 years imprisonment or a fine.
CHAPTER II
CRIMES AGAINST PHYSICAL INTEGRITY
Article 145. Simple offences against physical integrity
1. Any person who causes harm to the body or health of another person is
punishable with up to 3 years imprisonment or a fine.
2. Prosecution depends on the filing of a complaint.
Article 146. Serious offences against physical integrity
Any person who causes harm to the body or health of another person with the
purpose of:
a) Depriving such person of an important organ or limb;
b) Seriously or permanently disfiguring said person;
c) Seriously affecting, for a long period of time or definitively, a
person's working capacity, intellectual faculties, or capacity to
procreate;
d) Causing permanent illness or incurable mental disorder to such a
person; or
e) Endangering the life of said person;
is punishable with 2 to 8 years imprisonment.
Article 147. Aggravation
1. Any person who, with the sole intent to cause harm to the body or health of
another person:
a) causes any of the results provided in article 146 is punishable with
up to 5 years imprisonment;
b) causes death by negligence is punishable with 1 to 6 years
imprisonment;
2. If, with intent to cause any of the offenses provided in article 146, causes death by
negligence, is punishable with 4 to 12 years imprisonment;
3. If the victims of the crimes referred to in the two previous articles are any of the
persons mentioned in article 139, paragraph (i), because of or while performing their
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