Article 157. Preclusion of the right to vote
1. Preclusion of a citizen from free exercise
of the right to elect and be elected to the
office of the President of Ukraine, a National
Deputy (Member of Parliament) of Ukraine,
a deputy of the Supreme Council of the Autonomous
Republic of Crimea, a deputy of a local council,
or a village, town or city head (mayor), and
to campaign during elections, by means of
violence, deception, threats, bribery or in
any other way, -
shall be punished by restraint of liberty
for a term of three to five years, or imprisonment
for a term of two to four years.
2. The same actions committed by a group of
persons upon their prior conspiracy, or by
a member of election committee or any other
official through abuse of authority or office
shall be punishable by imprisonment for a
term of three to five years.
3 Any such acts as provided for by paragraph
1 or 2 of this Article, where they affected
the voting or election outcome, -
shall be punishable by imprisonment for a
term of seven to twelve years.
Article 158. Unlawful use of ballots, forgery
of election documents, miscount of votes or
misreporting of election returns
1. Giving a ballot, by a member of an election
committee, to a person not registered in the
list of electors, or giving ballots (or a
ballot) to any voter instead of other voters,
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shall be punishable by restraint of liberty
for a term of three to five years, or imprisonment
for a term up to three years.
2. Forgery, that is fabrication of a non-standard
election document, or fabrication thereof
in a manner not prescribed by law, or putting
any knowingly false information in an election
document, or any other falsification thereof,
and also the use of a knowingly forged election
document or any such document fabricated in
a manner not prescribed by law, -
shall be punishable by imprisonment for a
term of three to five years.
3. Any such actions as provided for by paragraph
2 of this Article, if committed by a member
of an election committee or any other officer,
and also a willful miscount of votes or willful
misreporting of elections returns, -
shall be punishable by imprisonment for a
term of five to eight years with the deprivation
of the right to occupy certain positions or
engage in certain activities for a term up
to three years.
Article 159. Violation of the secrecy of
ballot
A willful violation of the secrecy of ballot
at the time of an elections prescribed by
the election law of Ukraine, if committed
by a member of an election committee or any
other officer through abuse of authority or
office, -
shall be punishable by a fine of 500 to 1000
tax-free minimum incomes, or imprisonment
for a term of one to three years with the
deprivation of the right to occupy certain
positions or engage in certain activities
for a term up to three years.
Article 160. Violation of referendum law
1. Preclusion of a citizen from free exercise
of the right to take or not take part in a
referendum, or campaign before the referendum,
by means of violence, deception, threats,
bribery or in any other way, -
shall be punished by a fine up to 50 tax-free
minimum incomes, or correctional labor for
a term up to two years, or imprisonment for
a term up to three years.
2. The same actions committed by a member
of a referendum committee or any other officer,
or by a group of persons upon their prior
conspiracy, -
shall be punishable by a fine up to 50 tax-free
minimum incomes, or correctional labor for
a term up to two years, or imprisonment for
a term up to five years.
3. Fabrication of referendum documents, distortion
of records, willful miscount of votes, or
violation of the secrecy of ballot committed
by a member of a referendum committee or any
other officer, -
shall be punishable by a fine up to 50 tax-free
minimum incomes, or correctional labor for
a term up to two years, or imprisonment for
a term of one to five years.
Article 161. Violation of citizens' equality
based on their race, nationality or religious
preferences
1. Willful actions inciting national, racial
or religious enmity and hatred, humiliation
of national honor and dignity, or the insult
of citizens' feelings in respect to their
religious convictions, and also any direct
or indirect restriction of rights, or granting
direct or indirect privileges to citizens
based on race, color of skin, political, religious
and other convictions, sex, ethnic and social
origin, property status, place of residence,
linguistic or other characteristics, -
shall be punishable by a fine up to 50 tax-free
minimum incomes, or correctional labor for
a term up to two years, or restraint of liberty
for a term up to five years, with or without
the deprivation of the right to occupy certain
positions or engage in certain activities
for a term up to three years.
2. The same actions accompanied with violence,
deception or threats, and also committed by
an official, -
shall be punishable by correctional labor
for a term up to two years, or imprisonment
for a term up to five years.
3. Any such actions as provided for by paragraph
1 or 2 of this Article, if committed by an
organized group of persons, or where they
caused death of people or other grave consequences,
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shall be punishable by imprisonment for a
term of two to five years.
Article 162. Violation of security of residence
1. Unlawful entry into residence or any other
property of a person, or unlawful examination
or search thereof, and also unlawful eviction
or any other actions that violate the security
of a citizen's residence, -
shall be punishable by a fine of 50 to 100
tax-free minimum incomes, or correctional
labor for a term up to two years, or restraint
of liberty for a term up to three years.
2. The same actions committed by an official,
or accompanied with violence or threats of
violence, -
shall be punishable by imprisonment for a
term of two to five years.
Article 163. Violation of privacy of mail,
telephone conversations, telegraph and other
correspondence conveyed by means of communication
or via computers
1. Violation of privacy of mail, telephone
conversations, telegraph and other correspondence
conveyed by means of communication or via
computers,
shall be punishable by a fine of 50 to 100
tax-free minimum incomes, or correctional
labor for a term up to two year, or restraint
of liberty for a term up to three years.
2. The same actions committed in respect of
statesmen or public figures, by an official,
or by use of special devices for secret reading
of information, -
shall be punishable by imprisonment for a
term of three to seven years.
Article 164. Failure to pay alimony for
support of children
1. Persistent failure to pay contributions
(alimony) for support of children, as prescribed
by a court order, and also parents' persistent
failure to support dependent minors or children
unable to work, -
shall be punishable by correctional labor
for a term up to one year, or restraint of
liberty for the same term.
2. The same act committed by a person previously
convicted of the offense created by this Article,
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shall be punishable by correctional labor
for a term up to two years, or restraint of
liberty for a term up to three years.
Article 165. Failure to pay contributions
for support of parents unable to work
1. Persistent failure to pay contributions,
as prescribed by a court order, for support
of parents who are unable to work, -
shall be punishable by a fine up to 50 tax-free
minimum incomes, or correctional labor for
a term up to one year.
2. The same act committed by a person previously
convicted of the offense created by this Article,
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shall be punishable by correctional labor
for a term up to two years, or restraint of
liberty for the same term.
Article 166. Persistent failure to perform
duties related to the care of a child or a
person under guardianship or in the custody
1. Persistent failure of parents, guardians
or custodians to perform their duties established
by law and related to the care of a child
or a person under guardianship or in the custody,
where it caused any grave consequences, -
shall be punishable by restraint of liberty
for a term of two to five years, or imprisonment
for the same term.
Article 167. Abuse of the rights of guardian
Abuse of guardianship or custody for mercenary
purposes and to the detriment of the ward
(unlawful occupation of residence, use of
property, etc.);
shall be punishable by a fine up to 50 tax-free
minimum incomes, or correctional labor for
a term up to two years.
Article 168. Disclosure of the secrecy of
adoption
1. Disclosure of the secrecy of adoption against
the will of an adopter, -
shall be punishable by a fine up to 50 tax-free
minimum incomes, or correctional labor for
a term up to two years.
2. The same act committed by an official or
employee of a medical institution who had
the information on adoption available by virtue
of office or employment, or where it caused
any grave consequences, -
shall be punishable by a fine up to 200 tax-free
minimum incomes, or restraint of liberty for
a term up to three years, or imprisonment
for the same term, with or without the deprivation
of the right to occupy certain positions or
engage in certain activities for a term up
to three years.
Article 169. Unlawful actions for the purpose
of adoption
1. Unlawful mediation or other unlawful actions
for the purpose of adoption or placement of
a child under guardianship (or in the custody)
or under foster care, -
shall be punishable by a fine of 50 to 120
tax-free minimum incomes, or correctional
labor for a term up to two years.
2. The same actions committed in regard of
several children, or repeated, or committed
by a group of persons upon their prior conspiracy,
or through abuse of office, or where they
caused any grave consequences, -
shall be punishable by imprisonment for a
term of two to five years.
Article 170. Preclusion of legal activities
of labor unions, political parties, and non-governmental
organizations
Willful preclusion of legal activities of
labor unions, political parties, and non-governmental
organizations or their organs, -
shall be punishable by correctional labor
for a term up to two years, or imprisonment
for a term up to three years, with the deprivation
of the right to occupy certain positions or
engage in certain activities for a term up
to three years.
Article 171. Preclusion of legal professional
activities of journalists
1. Willful preclusion of legal professional
activities of journalists, -
shall be punishable by a fine up to 50 tax-free
minimum incomes, or arrest for a term up to
six months, or restraint of liberty for a
term up to three years.
2. Persecution of a journalist for the performance
of professional duties and criticism, by an
official, or a group of persons upon their
prior conspiracy, -
shall be punishable by a fine up to 200 tax-free
minimum incomes, or restraint of liberty for
a term up to five years, or deprivation of
the right to occupy certain positions or engage
in certain activities for a term up to three
years.
Article 172. Gross violation of labor law
1. Unlawful dismissal of an employee for personal
reasons, and also any other gross violation
of labor law, -
shall be punishable by a fine up to 50 tax-free
minimum incomes, or deprivation of the right
to occupy certain positions or engage in certain
activities for a term up to three years, or
correctional labor for a term up to two years.
2. The same actions committed in regard of
a minor, or a pregnant woman, or a mother
with a child under 14 years of age or a disabled
child, -
shall be punishable by a fine of 50 to 100
tax-free minimum incomes, or deprivation of
the right to occupy certain positions or engage
in certain activities for a term up to five
years, or correctional labor of a term up
to two years, or arrest for a term up to six
months.
Article 173. Gross violation of an employment
contract
1. Any gross violation of an employment contract
by any official of an enterprise, institution
or organization regardless of their type of
ownership, and also by a private person, or
their authorized agent, causing a person,
by deceit, breach of trust or coercion, to
perform any work not provided for in the contract,
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shall be punishable by a fine up to 50 tax-free
minimum incomes, or deprivation of the right
to occupy certain positions or engage in certain
activities for a term up to five years, or
arrest for a term up to six months, or restraint
of liberty for a term up to two years.
2. The same actions committed in regard of
a citizen who was contracted to work outside
Ukraine, -
shall be punishable by a fine of 50 to 100
tax-free minimum incomes, or restraint of
liberty for a term up to three years.
Article 174. Compulsion to participate in
a strike or preclusion from participation
in a strike
Compulsion to participate in a strike or preclusion
from participation in a strike, by violence
or threats of violence or any other unlawful
actions, -
shall be punishable by a fine up to 50 tax-free
minimum incomes, or arrest for a term up to
six months, or restraint of liberty for a
term up to three years.
Article 175. Failure to pay salary, scholarship,
pension or any other statutory payments
1. Groundless failure of a manager of an enterprise,
institution or organization regardless of
their type of ownership, to pay salary, scholarship,
pension, or any other statutory payment within
a period over one month, -
shall be punishable by a fine of 100 to 300
tax-free minimum incomes, or deprivation of
the right to occupy certain positions or engage
in certain activities for a term up to five
years, or correctional labor for a term up
to two years, or imprisonment for a term up
to two years, with the deprivation of the
right to occupy certain positions or engage
in certain activities for a term up to three
years.
2. The same action committed due to misuse
of funds earmarked for salaries, scholarships,
pensions, or any other statutory payments,
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shall be punishable by a fine of 500 to 1000
tax-free minimum incomes, or restraint of
liberty for a term up to five years, or imprisonment
for a term up to three years.
3. A person shall be discharged from criminal
liability, if he/she paid to citizens salaries,
scholarships, pensions, or any other statutory
payments before he/she is criminally prosecuted.
Article 176. Violation of copyright and
allied rights
1. Illegal reproduction or distribution of
scientific, literary, or art works, computer
software or databases, and also illegal reproduction,
distribution of performances, phonograms and
broadcast programs, making their illegal copies
and distribution on audio and video tapes,
disks, and other media, and, also, any other
use of anybody else's works, computer software
and databases, or anything protected by allied
rights, without a consent of copyright or
allied rights holders, where such actions
caused a significant pecuniary loss, -
shall be punishable by a fine of 100 to 400
tax-free minimum incomes, or correctional
labor for a term up to two years, with the
forfeiture of all copies of works, material
media with computer software, databases, performances,
phonograms, broadcast programs, and the equipment
and material designated for their production
and reproduction.
2. The same actions, if repeated or where
they caused a specially significant pecuniary
loss, -
shall be punishable by a fine of 200 to 800
tax-free minimum incomes, or correctional
labor for a term up to two years, or imprisonment
for the same term, with the forfeiture of
all copies of works, material media with computer
software, databases, performances, phonograms,
broadcast programs, and the equipment and
material designated for their production and
reproduction.
3. Any such actions as provided for by paragraph
1 or 2 of this Article, where committed by
an official through abuse of office in regard
of a subordinate person, -
shall be punishable by a fine of 500 to 1000
tax-free minimum incomes, or arrest for a
term up to six months, or restraint of liberty
for a term up to two years, with the deprivation
of the right to occupy certain positions or
engage in certain activities for a term up
to three years.
Note: A significant pecuniary loss is caused,
if the value of copies of illegally reproduced
or distributed works, material media with
computer software, databases, performances,
phonograms, and broadcast programs, audio
and video tapes, disks, and other media, or
the amount of proceeds from illegal publication,
performance, demonstration or public display
of works, computer software, databases, performances,
phonograms, or broadcast programs, or from
sale of audio and video tapes, disks, and
other media exceeds 100 tax-free minimum incomes;
and an especially significant pecuniary loss
is caused where their value or amount of proceeds
exceed 1000 tax-free minimum incomes.
Article 177. Violation of industrial property
rights
1. Illegal use of an invention, utility model,
industrial design, qualified description of
product origin, topography of microelectronic
integrated circuits, a variety of plants,
where such actions caused a significant pecuniary
loss, -
shall be punishable by a fine of 100 to 400
tax-free minimum incomes, or correctional
labor for a term up to two years, with the
forfeiture of illegally made products and
the equipment and material designated for
their production.
2. The same actions, if repeated or where
they caused a specially significant pecuniary
loss, -
shall be punishable by a fine of 200 to 800
tax-free minimum incomes, or correctional
labor for a term up to two years, or imprisonment
for a term up to two years, with the forfeiture
of illegally made products and the equipment
and material designated for their production.
Note: A significant pecuniary loss is caused,
if its amount exceeds 100 tax-free minimum
incomes; and an especially significant loss
is caused, if its amount exceeds 1,000 tax-free
minimum incomes.
Article 178. Damage of religious architecture
or houses of worship
Damage or destruction of a religious architecture
or a house of worship, -
shall be punishable by a fine up to 300 tax-free
minimum incomes, or imprisonment for a term
of one to three years.
Article 179. Illegal retention, desecration
or destruction of religious sanctities
Illegal retention, desecration or destruction
of religious sanctities, -
shall be punishable by a fine up to 200 tax-free
minimum incomes, or imprisonment for a term
up to three years.
Article 180. Preclusion of religious ceremonies
1. Illegal preclusion of religious ceremonies,
where it frustrated or was likely to frustrate
a religious ceremony, -
shall be punishable by a fine up to 50 tax-free
minimum incomes, or arrest for a term up to
six months, or restraint of liberty for a
term up to two years.
2. Forcing a clergyman, by violence or psychological
pressure, into officiation, -
shall be punishable by a fine up to 50 tax-free
minimum incomes, or arrest for a term up to
six months, or restraint of liberty for a
term up to two years.
Article 181. Trespass against health of
persons under pretence of preaching or ministering
1. Organizing or leading a group, which operates
under pretence of preaching or ministering
accompanied with the impairment of health
of people or sexual dissipation, -
shall be punishable by restraint of liberty
for a term up to three years, or imprisonment
for the same term.
2. The same actions accompanied with involvement
of minors in activities of the group, -
shall be punishable by imprisonment of three
to five years.
Article 182. Violation of personal privacy
Illegal collection, storage, use or dissemination
of confidential information about a person
without his/her consent, or dissemination
of such information in a public speech, publicly
demonstrated work, or mass media, -
shall be punishable by a fine up to 50 tax-free
minimum incomes, or correctional labor for
a term up to two years, or arrest for a term
up to six months, or restraint of liberty
for a term up to three years.
Article 183. Violation of the right to education
1. Unlawful refusal to admit a person to an
educational institution of any type of ownership,
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shall be punishable by a fine up to 1000 tax-free
minimum incomes, with the deprivation of the
right to occupy certain positions or engage
in certain activities for a term up to three
years.
2. Unlawful request to pay for tuition in
public or community educational institutions,
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shall be punishable by a fine up to 1000 tax-free
minimum incomes, or imprisonment for a term
up to three years, with the deprivation of
the right to occupy certain positions or engage
in certain activities for a term up to three
years.
Article 184. Violation of the right to free
medical assistance
1. Unlawful request to pay for medical assistance
in public or community health care institutions,
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shall be punishable by a fine up to 100 tax-free
minimum incomes, or arrest for a term up to
six months.
2. Illegitimate reduction of the network of
public or community health care institutions,
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shall be punishable by a fine up to 1000 tax-free
minimum incomes, or correctional labor for
a term up to two years.
