{"schemaVersion":1,"recordType":"legal-article","id":"law:eri:code:penal:2015:article:238","workId":"law:eri:code:penal:2015","expressionId":"law:eri:code:penal:2015:en","title":"Impairing the Operation of Public Utilities or Services","number":"238","language":"en","canonicalUrl":"https://eriatlas.com/law/penal-code-2015/article/238/","hierarchy":{"part":"PART II — THE SPECIAL PART","book":"BOOK II — OFFENCES AGAINST THE INTERESTS OF THE STATE","title":null,"chapter":"Chapter 11. — Offences against Public Safety"},"paragraphs":[{"id":"lead","number":"","text":"A person who intentionally obstructs or impairs the operation of any public utility or service,","canonicalUrl":"https://eriatlas.com/law/penal-code-2015/article/238/#lead","sourceTargets":[{"sourceId":"penal-code-2015-en","pdfPage":181,"url":"https://eriatlas.com/sources/penal-code-2015/page/181/?article=238&paragraph=lead#article-238-lead"}]},{"id":"u2","number":"","text":"is guilty of impairing the operation of public utilities or services, a Class 2 petty offence, punishable with a definite term of imprisonment of not less than 1 month and not more than 6 months, or a fine of 5,001 – 20,000 Nakfas, to be set in intervals of 1,000 Nakfas.","canonicalUrl":"https://eriatlas.com/law/penal-code-2015/article/238/#u2","sourceTargets":[{"sourceId":"penal-code-2015-en","pdfPage":181,"url":"https://eriatlas.com/sources/penal-code-2015/page/181/?article=238&paragraph=u2#article-238-u2"}]}],"caution":"English-language 2015 Ministry of Justice edition. Refworld catalogues this English expression as an unofficial translation; Eri Atlas has not independently verified the translation."}