Any person who, without the governments consent, recruited soldiers to fight for a
foreign state shall be punished with temporary detention. If such a state was a hostile
state, the punishment shall be the death penalty.
Article (121)
Any incitement that takes place in the kingdom or carried out by a Jordanian through
one of the means stated in Article 118 in order to allow the air, ground or sea soldiers
of an allied state escape or rebel, shall be punished by imprisonment for no more than
two years and a fine for no more than twenty Dinars (JD20).
Article (122)
Based on a complaint submitted by the injured party, the penalties stated in the
previous article shall apply in the event when one of the following offences is
committed:
1. Publicly insulting a foreign state or its army or flag or national emblem.
2. Publicly insulting, slandering or humiliating the president of a foreign state or
its ministers or political representatives in the kingdom .It is not allowed to
prove the act which constitutes the subject of the insult.
Article (123)
The provisions of articles 119-122 shall only be applicable if the laws of the
concerned state or the agreements concluded with such a state include similar
provisions.
(3) Espionage
Article (124)
Any person who entered or attempted to enter a banned place in order to acquire
items, documents or information required to remain secret for the safety of the state
shall be punished by temporary imprisonment with hard labor. If such an attempt was
done for the benefit of a foreign state, the punishment shall be the death penalty.
Article (125)
1. Whoever steals or acquires items, documents or information as mentioned in the
previous article, shall be punished by temporary imprisonment with hard labor for
no less than ten years.
2. If the offence was committed for the benefit of a foreign state, the punishment
shall be life imprisonment with hard labor. If the foreign state is a hostile state
then the punishment shall be the death penalty.
Article (126)
1. Any person possessing documents or information similar to the ones mentioned in
article 124 and disclosed it without a legitimate cause, shall be punished by
temporary imprisonment with hard labor for no less than ten years.
2. The punishment shall be life imprisonment with hard labor if the disclosure was
done for the benefit of a foreign state. If the foreign state was a hostile state then
the punishment shall be the death penalty.
(4) Contact with the Enemy for Illegal Purposes