PENAL CODE of the Democratic Republic of Timor Leste
Article 198. Sabotage against national defense
Any person who, with intent to harm or endanger national defense, totally or partially
destroys, damages, or renders unserviceable:
a) Works or materials pertaining or assigned to the armed forces;
b) Roads or means of communication or transport;
c) Any other facilities related to communications or transportation; or
d) Factories or depots,
is punishable with 5 to 15 years imprisonment.
Article 199. Campaign against peace efforts
Any person who, being a Timorese national or resident of Timor-Leste, at a time of
preparation for war or being at war, by any means disseminates or makes public,
rumors or statements, of his or her own or of another party, in the knowledge that
these are wholly or partially false, seeking to disrupt peace efforts being made by
Timor-Leste or to assist a hostile foreign power, is punishable with 5 to 15 years
imprisonment.
Article 200. Breach of State secrets
1. Any person who, jeopardizing interests of the Timorese State concerning its
foreign security or conduct of its foreign policy, conveys or renders accessible to an
unauthorized person or makes public any fact, document, plan, object, knowledge or
any other information that should, due to said interest, have been maintained in
secret, is punishable with 3 to 10 years imprisonment.
2. Any person who collaborates with a foreign government or group with intent to
commit any of the acts referred to in the previous subarticle or to enlist or aid
another person charged with committing the same, is punishable with the same
penalty provided for in the previous subarticle.
3. If the perpetrator of any of the acts described in the previous subarticles holds any
political, public or military office who should have, due to the nature thereof,
refrained said person from committing such an act more than any ordinary citizen,
the same is punishable with 5 to 15 years imprisonment.
Article 201. Diplomatic disloyalty
Any person who, officially representing the Timorese State, with intent to harm
national rights or interests:
a) Conducts State affairs with a foreign government or international
organization; or
b) Makes commitments on behalf of Timor-Leste without being duly
authorized to do so;
is punishable with 5 to 15 years imprisonment.
Article 202. Violation of the Rule of Law
1. Any person who, by means of violence, threat of violence or incitement to civil
war, attempts to overthrow, change or subvert constitutionally established rule of
law, is punishable with 5 to 15 years imprisonment.
2. If the act described above is committed by means of armed violence, the penalty
is 5 to 20 years imprisonment.
3. Public incitement or distribution of weapons to be used for committing any of the
acts described above carries, respectively, the penalty that corresponds to an
attempt.
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