collective act in order to change the state’s economical or social system, shall be
punished by temporary imprisonment with hard labor.
2. The same penalty stipulated in paragraph 1 of this article shall apply to any person
who detains or holds a person hostage in order to extort any official or private
entity in any way; or to force such entity to perform a certain act or refrain from it.
The penalty shall be life imprisonment with hard labor if such act caused any
person harm or death.
3. Despite of what is stated in any other legislation, whoever infiltrated or attempted
to infiltrate to or from the kingdom or assisted others to do so, shall be punished
by imprisonment, if he/she was in possession of an automatic machinegun or any
explosive material the penalty shall be temporary imprisonment with hard labor.
(5) Crimes Harming National Unity and the Coexistence between the Nation’s
Elements
Article (150)
Any writing or speech aims at or results in stirring sectarian or racial prejudices or the
incitement of conflict between different sects or the nation’s elements, such act shall
be punished by imprisonment for no less than six months and no more than three
years and a fine not to exceed five hundred dinars (JD500).
Article (151)
1. Any person who is member of an association established for the purposes stated in
the previous article, shall be punished with the same penalties.
2. Imprisonment shall be of not less than one year and a fine of not less than ten
dinars (JD10) if that person has a functional position in the association.
3. In all cases, the association has to be dissolved and its property confiscated.
(6) Harming the State’s Financial Standing
Article (152)
Any person who, through any of the means stated in paragraphs two and three of
article (73), disseminates false facts or accusations in order to decrease the value of
the national currency or to weaken the trust in the strength of the state’s currency or
its bonds and all the bonds related to public financial trust, shall be punished by
imprisonment from six months to three years and a fine not to exceed one hundred
dinars (JD100).
Article (153)
Penalties stated in the previous article shall apply to any person who uses the same
methods in order to incite the public to:
a. Withdrew money deposited in public banks and funds.
b. Sell the state’s bonds and any other public bond or to refrain from
buying it.
TITLE TWO
Of Crimes against Public Safety
Chapter One
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