PENAL CODE of the Democratic Republic of Timor Leste 3. Any person who joins, supports or participates in any of the activities conducted by said criminal group, organization or association is punishable with 2 to 6 years imprisonment. 4. The head or leader of any group, organization or association referred to in the previous subarticles is punishable with 4 to 12 years imprisonment. 5. The penalties referred to in the preceding subarticles may be extraordinarily mitigated if the perpetrator hinders or makes serious efforts to hinder continuation of the group, organization or association, or communicates to authorities regarding existence of such a group so as to prevent the commission of crime. Article 189. Instigation to commit a crime 1. Any person who publicly and by any means, incites the commission of a crime is punishable with up to 3 years imprisonment or a fine. 2. Any person who, in private or publicly, commends or rewards a person who has committed any crime in order to, through such conduct, incite the commission of identical crimes, is punishable with up to 2 years imprisonment or a fine. 3. Whenever, in the case of the previous subarticles, the crime instigated by the perpetrator is actually committed, the applicable penalty, unless said crime carries a heavier penalty by force of another legal provision, is 2 to 5 years imprisonment. Article 190. Participation in a riot 1. Any person who participates in a public riot, during which violence is collectively committed against persons or property, is punishable with up to 1 year imprisonment or a fine, if no heavier penalty for participation in the crime committed is applicable. 2. If the riot was prompted or directed by the perpetrator, the same is punishable with a penalty of up to 3 years imprisonment. 3. In the event of an armed riot, the limits to the penalties referred to in the previous subarticles are doubled. Article 191. Hindering the exercise of political rights Any person who hinders, by means of violence or threat, the exercise of a person's political rights is punishable with up to 1 year imprisonment or a fine. Article 192. Traffic of influence 1. Any person who, directly or through a third person, and with his or her consent or endorsement, asks for or accepts, for him or herself or a third party, any material or other gain or promise thereof, to abuse his or her influence, whether actual or supposed, in relation to any public entity, is punishable: a) With 2 to 6 years imprisonment, if no heavier penalty is applicable by force of another legal provision, if the purpose is to obtain any unlawful favorable decision; b) With up to 1 year imprisonment or a fine, if no heavier penalty is applicable by force of another legal provision, if the purpose is to obtain any favorable lawful decision. 2. Any person who, directly or through a third person, and with his or her consent or endorsement, gives or promises material or other gain to the persons referred to in the preceding subarticle for the purposes described in subparagraph a) of the preceding subarticle, is punishable with up to 4 years imprisonment or a fine. 54