'National penalties' in document 'Estonia - Penal Code'

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RELEVANT SECTIONS OF THE IMPLEMENTING LEGISLATION

Part 2
SPECIAL PART

Chapter 8
OFFENCES AGAINST HUMANITY AND INTERNATIONAL SECURITY

Division 3
Offences Against Peace

§ 91. Aggression

A person leading or participating in preparations for a war of aggression directed by one state against another state or war violating international agreements or security guarantees provided by the state, or a representative of the state who threatens to start a war of aggression, shall be punished by 3 to 12 years’ imprisonment.

§ 92. Propaganda for war

(1) Any incitement to war or other use of arms in violation of the generally recognised principles of international law is punishable by a pecuniary punishment or up to 3 years’ imprisonment.

(2) the same act, if committed by a legal person, is punishable by a pecuniary punishment.
[ - entry into force 16.07.2006]

§ 93. Manufacture and distribution of prohibited weapons

(1) A person who designs, manufactures, stores, acquires, hands over, sells or provides or offers for use in any other manner a chemical, biological or bacteriological weapon or any other internationally prohibited weapon of mass destruction or other weapon, or essential components thereof, shall be punished by 3 to 12 years’ imprisonment.

(2) The same act, if committed by a legal person, is punishable by a pecuniary punishment or compulsory dissolution.