'Unique provision - other crimes' in document 'Georgia - Law amending Criminal Code'

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RELEVANT SECTIONS OF THE IMPLEMENTING LEGISLATION

Article 1. The Criminal Code of Georgia ("saqartvelos sakanonmdeblo macne"1) No. 41(48), 1999) shall be amended as follows:

6. Article 409 shall be drafted as follows:
"Article 409.Ecocide
1. Ecocide, that is the poisoning of atmosphere, soil or water resources, and massive destruction of flora or fauna, or any other action that could have resulted in ecological disaster-
Shall be punishable with the deprivation of liberty for a period from eight to twenty years.
2. The same action committed during the armed conflict, -
Shall be punishable with the deprivation of liberty for a period from ten to twenty years.