Article (107)
A conspiracy is an agreement between two persons or more to commit a crime
through certain means.
Article (108)
A crime against state security shall be deemed as a complete crime whether the act
constituting the crime was fully committed or not or it was only an attempt to commit
the act
Article (109)
1. Any person who participated in a conspiracy against state security and informed
the authorities of such conspiracy before starting any act in preparation for its
execution shall be exempt from punishment.
2. If such an act was committed or initiated, the excuse then would not be an
exonerating excuse rather than a mitigating one.
3. An accused person who informs the authority of a conspiracy or another crime
against state security before its completion, or – even after pursuit of involved
persons has started - facilitated the arrest other persons accused or, or exposed
their hiding place, shall benefit from the mitigating factor.
4. The provisions of this article shall not apply to the inciter.
Chapter One
Of Crimes against External State Security
(1) Treason
Article (110)
1. Any Jordanian who holds arms with the enemy against the state shall be punished
by the death penalty.
2. Any Jordanian - even if did not join an enemy army – who at time of war
committed a hostile offence against the state shall be punished by life
imprisonment with hard labor.
3. Any Jordanian who joins an enemy army in any capacity, and did not leave such
army before the commencement of any hostile act against the state, shall be
punished by imprisonment with hard labor even if he / she acquired through
enlistment a foreign citizenship.
Article (111)
Any Jordanian who plotted or corresponded with a foreign state to incite it to take a
hostile action against the state, or provided the means for such action, he / she shall be
punished by life imprisonment with hard labor. If such act led to a consequence, he /
she shall be punished by the death penalty.
Article (112)
Any Jordanian, who plotted or corresponded with the enemy to help the enemy in any
manner defeat the state, shall be sentenced to death.
Article (113)