Hungary

Criminal Code

SPECIAL PART

Chapter XI
Crimes Against Humanity

Title II
War Crimes

Violence Against the Civilian Population

Section 158

(1) The person who applies violence in an operational or occupied area against a civilian person or prisoner of war, displays inhuman treatment or otherwise gravely abuses his power, - unless a graver crime is realized - commits a felony and shall be punishable with imprisonment from five years to ten years.

(2) The punishment shall be imprisonment from ten years to fifteen years or life imprisonment, if the crime defined in subsection (1) causes death.

Keywords

National penalties - war crimes
National penalties - maximum penalty
National penalties - life imprisonment



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