PENAL CODE of the Democratic Republic of Timor Leste Article 214. Tampered or deteriorated products 1. Any person who sells, administers or provides, by any means, any person with food or pharmaceutical products that, due to being either deteriorated, tampered with, or contaminated, are likely to endanger life, is punishable with 2 to 8 years imprisonment. 2. Whenever death is caused by commission of the acts described above due to consumption of said products, the penalty is 3 to 12 years imprisonment. SECTION II CRIMES AGAINST THE ENVIRONMENT Article 215. Crimes against the environment 1. Any person who, failing to comply with legal or regulatory provisions intended to protect the environment, directly or indirectly causes or is responsible for emissions, dumping, radiation, mining or excavations, grounding, noise, vibrations, injections or deposits in the atmosphere, soil, subsoil or river, sea or underground waters, including in transnational zones, or at water intake points, in such a manner that may seriously harm the equilibrium of natural ecosystems, is punishable with up to 3 years imprisonment or a fine. 2. If the perpetrator intentionally releases, emits or introduces ionizing radiation or other substances in the air, on land or in river, ocean, surface or underground waters in quantities that ultimately cause death or serious bodily harm to any person to an extent that requires medical or surgical treatment or produces irreversible consequences, is punishable with 2 to 8 years imprisonment and if death occurs, the sentence shall be from 5 to 15 years in prison. Article 216. Aggravation 1. If any of the acts or activities described in the preceding article are committed by an industrial or commercial establishment and any of the following circumstances occur: a) The industry or commercial activity operates clandestinely without the required license or administrative authorization; b) When the perpetrator has failed to comply with expressed orders from competent administrative authorities to correct or suspend the activities referred to in the preceding article; c) When security rules or procedures described in legal or regulatory provisions have not been heeded; d) When, by any means, the inspection process by the competent administrative authority has been intentionally hindered or information on environmental consequences of industrial or commercial activity has been omitted or falsified; e) When a situation of irreversible or catastrophic environmental deterioration has been caused the minimum and maximum limits of the penalties in the preceding subarticle are increased by one third. 2. Pursuant to the preceding subarticle, the individual owner, legal representatives, or those acting in representation of the corporate body responsible for the industrial 59