Penal Code · English · 2015
Article 113
High Treason
A person who, by violence, threats, conspiracy or other means:
#attempts to incorporate into a foreign State the territory or any part of the territory of Eritrea, or to detach a part therefrom;
#assists an enemy at war with Eritrea, or any armed forces against whom Eritrean forces are engaged in hostilities, whether or not a state of war exists between Eritrea and the country whose forces they are, with the intent to ensure or promote the enemy’s or other armed forces’ success;
#incites or attempts to incite the citizens of Eritrea to take up arms against one another or the government of Eritrea;
#consults or negotiates with a foreign government with intent to cause war or hostilities upon the Eritrean State; or
#kills or attempts to kill the President of Eritrea or a person exercising the power of the President,
#is guilty of high treason, a Class 1 serious offence, punishable with life imprisonment, or, in cases of exceptional gravity, with death, or with a definite term of imprisonment of not less than 23 years and not more than 27 years.
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