execute one of the felonies stated before, he / she
shall be sentenced to death...
(2) Unlawful Associations
Article (159)
To be considered as an unlawful association any:
1. group of individuals, registered or not , that incite or encourage through its
bylaw or through the propaganda it carries out the following illegal acts:
a. The overturning of the kingdom’s constitution through revolution and
sabotage.
b. The overturning of the existing constitutional government through use
of force and violence.
c. Sabotaging and destroying the property of the government in the
kingdom.
2. Any group of people required by law to provide its bylaw to the government
and did not do so, or it continued to hold its meetings after it has been
dissolved according to the related law. This paragraph also includes any
branch or center or committee or commission of an unlawful association and
any establishment or school administered or under the auspices of such
unlawful association.
Article (160)
Any person who joins an unlawful association or occupies a post or a rank in such an
association or performed the functions of an agent for such an association, shall be
punished with temporary imprisonment in instances stated in paragraph (1) of the
previous article and shall be punished by no less than two years in the instances
mentioned in paragraph (2) of the same article.
Article (161)
Whoever encourages other individuals through speeches or writings or any other
mean to commit any of the acts considered unlawful according to article (159) of this
law, shall be punished by imprisonment for a period not to exceed two years
Article (162)
Whoever paid donations or membership fees for an unlawful association or collected
donations or membership fees for such an association, shall be punished by
imprisonment for no more than six months.
Article (163)
Whoever printed, published, sold or sent by mail a book, leaflet, an add, a newspaper
or a circulation for an unlawful association or for its benefit, shall be punished by
imprisonment for no more than six months and a fine not to exceed fifty dinars
(JD50).
Chapter Three
Of Unlawful Gathering and other Types of Crimes Against Public Security
Article (164)
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