iradukunda-dev/offences_and_penalties_in_general_2018_dataset huggingface dataset:
Article 147: Harassment of a spouseAny person who harasses  a spouse with the intention preventing him/her from living a peaceful life, commits an offence.Upon conviction, he/she is liable to imprisonment for a term of not less than one (1) year and not more than two (2) years.
Article 148 : Denial of freedom to practice family planningAny person who, on grounds of marriage, commits violence or harassment against his/her spouse because of the spouse’s decision to practice family planning, commits an offence. Upon conviction, he/she is liable to imprisonment for a term more than six (6) months.
Article 149 : Sexual harassmentSexual harassment are repeated remarks or behaviour of sexual overtones towards a person that either undermine, violate his/her dignity because of their degrading against him/her an intimidating, hostile or unpleasant situation.Any person who commits any of the acts referred to in Paragraph One of this Article, commits an offence. Upon conviction, he/she is liable to imprisonment for a term (2) ans.(6).of not less than six (6) months and not more than one (1) year and a fine of not less than one hundred thousand Rwandan francs 200,000).In case the offender is an employer o r any other person who uses his/her responsibility to practice acts of sexual harassment on a subordinate through instructions, threats or intimidation with intention to achieve sexual pleasure, he/she is liable to imprisonment for a term of more than one (1) year and not more than two (2) years and a fine of not less than two 200.000) and not more than three hundred
Article 150 : Fraudulent use of family propertyAny person who gives, sells, mortgages or uses a family property fraudulently obtained from a spouse, commits an offence. Upon conviction, he/she is liable to imprisonment for a term of not less than three (3) months but less than six (6) months.referred to in Paragraph One of this Article returns the property before the court convicts him/her, prosecution immediately ceases.
Article 151 : Abduction and unlawful detention of a personAny person who, by violence, deception abducted, unlawfully detains or causes to be detained another person, commits an offence. Upon conviction, he/she is liable to imprisonment for a term of not less than five (5) years and not more than seven (7) years.If the victim of any of the acts referred to in Paragraph one of this Article is a child, the penalty is an imprisonment for a term of more than seven (7) years and not more than ten (10) years.
Article 152: False accusationsAny person who knowingly makes false accusations against another person before an investigator, a prosecutor or a judge, commits an offence.Upon conviction, he /she is liable to imprisonment for a term of not less than two (2) months but less than six (6) months and infraction.and not more than five hundred thousand one of the penalties.
Article 153 : Obstruction of  smooth running of religious ritualsAny person who:1º by use of violence, insults or  threats, compels or prevents one or more persons celebrating religious festivities of a legally 2º causes trouble or disorder,  prevents, delays commits an offence.Any person who is convicted of acts referred to in Paragraph One of this Article, is liable to imprisonment for a term of not less than one  (1) year  and not more than two (2) years or a fine of not less than one million Rwandan In case acts referred to in Paragraph One of this Article are committed by an association of people, the penalty is an imprisonment for a term of not less than three (3) years and not more than five (5) years or a fine of 3,000,000) and not more than five million
Article 154 : Public defamation of religious ritualsAny person who publicly defames religious rituals, symbols and religious cult objects by use of actions, words, signs, writings, gestures or threats, whether carried out at the place where rituals are intended to be performed or where they are normally performed, commits an offence.Upon conviction, he/she is liable to imprisonment for a term of not less than fifteen (15) days but less than three (3) months and a fine of not less than one 100,000) and not more than two hundred 2,000,000) or only one of the penalties.
Article 155: Violation of domicileExcept in cases provided for by law, any person who, without authorisation of the occupants, enters a home, a house, a room or accommodation of another person, commits an offence. Upon conviction, he/she is liable to imprisonment for a term of not less than two (2) months but less than six (6) months and a fine of not less five 500,000) and not more than one million If entry into a person’s domicile is by recourse to threats, housebreaking or use of false keys, the penalty is an  imprisonment for a term of not less than three (3) years and not more than five (5) years and a fine of more than one million Rwandan francs one of these penalties.
Article 156 : Secretly listening to conversations, taking photos or disclosing themAny person who, in bad faith and in any another person by:1º secretly listening to, or disclosing, people’s confidential statements without authorisation;2º taking a photo, audio or visual recording or disclosing them without  one’s  authorisation;commits an offence.Any person who is convicted of any of the acts referred to in Paragraph One of this Article, is liable to imprisonment for a term of not less than six (6) months and not more than one (1) year and a fine of not less than 1,000,000) and not more than two million  one of these penalties.If the acts referred to in Paragraph One of this Article are committed in full view and awareness of the persons concerned and without opposing the acts while they were able to do so, their consent is presumed.The penalties referred to in Paragraph 2 of this Article also apply to a person who, in bad faith, distributes in any way whatsoever, a photo, audio and video, recordings or  documents obtained as a result of one of the acts referred to in Paragraph One of this Article.
Article 157 : Publication of edited statements or imagesAny person who, in bad faith, publishes in any way whatsoever an edited version of a person’s statements, or images  and photos without explicitly stating that it is not the original version, commits an offence.Upon conviction, he/she is liable to imprisonment for a term of not less than six (6) months and not more than one (1) year and a fine of not  less than one million more than two million  Rwandan francs
Article 158 : B reach of professional secrecysecrecy entrusted as privilege to keep by virtue of function, occupation or mandate of leaving the service, commits an offence.Upon conviction, he/she is liable to imprisonment for a term of not less than one (1) year and not more than two (2) years and a fine of not less than two million Rwandan 3,000,000).However, it is not a breach of professional secrecy:1º if the law requires or allows the disclosure of a professional secrecy;2º for a person providing information to judicial authorities.
Article 159: Offences committed against correspondences in the various telecommunication channelsAny person who uses any fraudulent means to open, remove, delay, divert correspondences or other documents, whether or not they have reached their destination, commits an offence. Upon conviction, he/she is liable to imprisonment for a term of not less than one (1)  year and not more than two (2) years and a fine of not less than one million Rwandan francs infraction.The penalties referred to in Paragraph One of this Article are also applicable to the act disclosing correspondence sent or received installing  devices designed  to carry  out such interceptions without authorisation of authorities.
Article 160: Collection of individuals’ personal information in computersAny person who, in bad faith, records, collects individual’s personal information or who archives or  uses other ways of keeping the personal information in in a manner that is likely to adversely affect the individual’s honour or his/her privacy, commits an offence.Upon conviction, he/she is liable to imprisonment for a term of not less than six (6) months and not more than one (1) year and a fine of not less than  one million Acts referred to in Paragraph One of this article performed in a professional manner or in the context of one’s duty and legally recognised do not qualify as an offence.
Article 161: Public insultAny person who publicly insults another person, commits an offence. Upon conviction, he/she is liable to imprisonment for a term of not less than fifteen (15) days and not more than two (2) months; a fine of not less than one hundred thousand more than two hundred thousand Rwandan for a period of not more than fifteen (15) days or only one of these penalties.of this Article is a sign, practice, statement or written document intended to deliberately and directly hurt another person.
Article 162: Prosecution  for offences which infringe intimate privacyThe offences referred to in this Chapter are prosecuted only at the request of the victim, rightful claimant. infractions.
Article 163: Crime of discriminationAny person who commits one of the following acts:1° act which inconveniences a person or a group of people  or causes division among  persons or a group of people on the basis of race, ethnicity, origin, clan, family connection, colour of skin, sex, region, nationality, religion, political ideology, economic classes, culture, language, social status, physical or mental disability or physical appearance;2° acts aimed at denying a person or a group of people their rights granted under the Rwandan law or international conventions  ratified by Rwanda, on the basis of race, ethnicity, origin, clan, family connection, colour of skin, sex, region, nationality, religion, political ideology, economic physical or mental disability or physical appearance;DISCRIMINATION ET physique;3° act instigating  a person to deny another person or a group of people their rights granted under the Rwandan law or international conventions ratified by Rwanda, on the basis of race, ethnicity, origin, clan, family connection, colour of skin, sex, region, nationality, religion, political ideology, economic class es, culture, language, social status, physical or mental disability or physical appearance;commits an offence.A person convicted of committing one of the acts referred to under Paragraph One of this Article is liable to imprisonment for a term of not less than five (5) years but not more than seven (7) years and a fine of not 1,000,000).
Article 164: Crime of instigating divisionsA person who makes use of speech, writing, or any other  act which divide people or may set them against each other  or  causephysique;divisioncivil unrest on the basis of discrimination , commits an offence.A person convicted of committing one of the acts referred to under paragraph one of this Article is liable to imprisonment for a term of not less than five (5) years but not more than seven (7) years and a fine of not less than five hundred thousand Rwandan 1,000,000).
Article 165: DefinitionsIn this Chapter, the following terms have the following meanings:1º theft: taking another person’s property without his/her consent with an intention to make it his/her own property or use it;infraction2º armed robbery: theft committed by a person in  possession of any instrument, gun, knife or any other sharp, piercing or pounding object which can be used to kill, hurt or hit whether is in plain sight or hidden or is found near the scene of crime;3º night theft: any theft carried out between six (6:00) pm and six (6:00) am;4º occupied house: any building, house, any room, any mobile hut or any other occupied place used for people’s habitation;5º surroundings of an inhabited house: courts, gardens, animal sheds and other things erected therein even if they have their separate enclosure;6° burglary:fence, a wall, windows, doors, a roof of a vehicle, a vessel, an aircraft or a train;b) to force into cupboards or any other locked furniture containing whatever effects, even   if the burglary did not take place where the locked furniture were located.
Article 166: Penalties for theftAny person convicted of theft is liable to imprisonment for a term of not less than one (1) year and not more than two (2) years period of six (6) months or only one of these penalties.
Article 167 : Aggravating circumstances of theftThe penalty for theft doubles  if:burglary, climbing or possession of keys other than the owner;2° the theft is carried out in an occupied house or in a building used for habitation or in its  surroundings;  (1).taking advantage of his/her duties or a general interest;4° the offender usurps false title or insignia of mandate from public authority.5° the theft is carried out during the night;6° the theft is carried out by more than one (1) person.
Article 168 : Penalties for theft with violence or threatsIf theft is carried out with violence or threats, the penalty is an imprisonment for a term of not less than five (5) years and not more than seven (7) years and a fine of not less than three million Rwandan francs If the violence or threats used for theft resulted into illness or temporary loss of imprisonment for a term of more than seven (7) years and not more than ten (10) years.(10).(15).(25).If the violence or threats resulted into an incurable illness  or  a  permanent  loss  of  working capacity  or  permanent  loss  of  a  body  organ, the  offender  is liable  to  imprisonment for a term of more than ten (10) years and not more  than fifteen (15) years.no intent  to  cause  death  but  result  in  death,  the offender is liable  to  imprisonment for a term of not less than twenty (20) years and not more than twenty-five (25) years.
Article 169: Theft of a motor vehicle in order to take it in another countryAny person who steals a motor vehicle in order to take it in another country, commits an offence. Upon conviction, he/she is liable to imprisonment for a term of  more than five (5) years and not more than seven (7) years with a fine of  not less than  five (1);
Article 170: Armed robberyAny person who carries out theft with a weapon, commits armed robbery.Upon conviction, he/she is liable to imprisonment for a term of not less than ten (10) years and not more than fifteen (15) years and a fine of not less than five million more than seven million Rwandan francs ( The  penalty is an imprisonment for a term  of not less than fifteen  (15) years and not more than  twenty (20) years and a fine of not less than five million Rwandan francs ( if:1º the armed robbery is committed by more than one (1) person;2º the weapon in possession is used;3º the armed robbery is  committed in a dwelling house or its surroundings even if the house is  temporarily inhabited or used as workplace.If the armed robbery causes death or it is  penalty that applies is life imprisonment.
Article 171: ExtortionAny person who commits extortion by use of violence or coercion and demands from another person his/her signature, fingerprint or is given any discreditable gain or payment, commits an offence.Upon conviction, he/she is liable to three (3) years and not more than five (5) years and a fine of not less than  three and not more than five  million Rwandan
Article 172: Fraudulent retention of another person’s found propertyinfraction.or fraudulently gives it to another  person, commits an offence.Upon conviction, he/she is liable to a fine of not less than  three hundred thousand more than five hundred thousand Rwandan service in a period of not less than fifteen (15) days and not more than thirty (30) days.
Article 173: Forging or alteration of keysAny person who fraudulently forges or alters keys or who fraudulently uses a master key, commits an offence.Upon conviction, he/she is liable to imprisonment for a term of not less than  six (6) months and not more than  one (1) year and a fine of not less than five hundred and not more than one million Rwandan these penalties.If the offender is a locksmith, he/she is than one (1) year and not more than two (2) years and a fine of more than one million more than two million Rwandan francs
Article 174: FraudAny person who, by deception, obtains another person’s property, whole or part of his/her finance by use of false names or qualifications, or who offers positive promises or who threatens of future misfortunes, commits an offence.Upon conviction, he/she is liable to imprisonment for a term of not less than two (2) years and not more than three (3) years, and a fine of not less than  three million more than five  million Rwandan francs If this offence is committed by  a person who intends to issue shares, shareholders’ bills, securities,  bonds, vouchers or any other cash value, either for  a business company, trading company or industry, the applicable penalty is an imprisonment for a term of not less than three (3) years and not more than five (5) years with a fine of more 5,000,000) and not more than seven million
Article 175: Non-payment of billsAny person who, knowing that he/she is unable to pay, orders for any item which cannot be re-used or returned back, commits an offence.Upon conviction, he/she is liable to imprisonment for a term of  not less than fifteen (15)  days and not more than two (2) months, a fine of not less than  one 100,000) and not more than two hundred and community service in a period of not these penalties.Payment of the billed items and the money spent to recover them as well as court costs by the defendant or withdrawal of the case by the plaintiff terminate the prosecution .The offence provided for under Paragraph One of this Article results into prosecution only if the aggrieved party complains.
Article 176: Breach of trustAny person who is given or entrusted with an item and who is obliged to return it or use it as instructed but who misappropriates, embezzles, scatters or gives it to another person,  commits an offence.Upon conviction, he/she is liable to imprisonment for a term of  not less than three (3) years and not more than  five (5) years and a fine of not less than  five
Article 177 : Selling or pledging as a security a property of another personproperty knowing that he/she is not the owner, commits an offence. Upon conviction, he/she is liable to imprisonment for a term of not less than one (1) year and not more than two (2) years and a fine of not less than  five hundred thousand more than one  million Rwandan francs
Article 178 : Embezzlement or destruction of a mortgaged propertyAny debtor, creditor or any other person who mortgaged a property, destroyed or embezzled the mortgaged property, commits an offence.Upon conviction, he/she is liable to imprisonment for a term of not less than one (1) year  and not more than two (2) years and a fine of not less than one million more than two million Rwandan francs
Article 179 : Arson by the property’s ownerAny person who for fraudulent purposes sets fire on own building, transport means or any other valuables, commits an offence.Upon conviction, he/she is liable to imprisonment for a term of not less than one (1) year and not more than two (2) years and  a fine of not less than two million Rwandan 3,000,000) or only one of these penalties.another person’s house, transport means or any other placesAny person who deliberately sets fire on another person’s building or transport means or any other places that may be occupied by persons, commits an offence.Upon conviction , he/she is liable to imprisonment for a term of not less than ten (10) years and not more than fifteen (15) years with a fine of not less than three If the fire resulted in death of a person but the person who caused the fire had no knowledge that there was a person at the premises, the applicable penalty is an imprisonment for a term of not less than  twenty (20) years, and not more than twenty five (25) years with a fine of more infraction.If the burnt property extends fire to the property unintended to be burnt, the offender is punished as if he/she intended to set fire on both the properties.
Article 181: Setting fire on other person’s propertyAny person who deliberately sets fire on property not mentioned in Article 180  of this Law, commits an offence.Upon conviction , he/she is liable to imprisonment for a term of not less than one (1) year and not more than  two (2) years penalties.If the setting of fire is as a result of negligence, recklessness or clumsiness, the penalty is an imprisonment for a term of not less than two (2) months but less to six (6) months and a fine of not less than three 300,000) and not more than five hundred
Article 182 : Deliberate demolition or damaging another person’s constructionAny person who maliciously demolishes or damages in any way, in whole or in part of construction, building, bridge, dams, water pipes and their rout es, railway rails or any other means of communication or electric him/her, commits an offence.  Upon conviction, he/she is liable to imprisonment for a term of  not less than three (3) years and not more than five (5) years with a fine 5,000,000).If the destruction or damage of the constructions referred to in Paragraph One of this Article was committed deliberately, using dynamite, bombs, arms or any other explosive substance, the applicable penalty is an imprisonment for a term of not less than seven (7) years and not more than ten (10) years with a fine of not less than five If the deliberate destruction or damage of the constructions causes death, but which was not in the intention of the offender, the applicable penalty is an imprisonment for a term of more than fifteen (15) years and not more than twenty (20) years.
Article 183: Demolition of monumentsAny person, who demolishes, brings down, breaks or damages monuments or other objects intended for public decoration, erected by competent authority or with its conviction, he/she is liable to imprisonment for a term of not less than one (1) year and not more than two (2) years with a fine of not less than two million Rwandan francs ( or only one of these penalties.If the acts referred to in Paragraph One are committed on monuments that are linked with the country’s history, culture or teachings, the applicable penalty is an imprisonment for a term of not less than seven (7) years and not more than ten (10) years wit h a fine of not less than five (20) ans.memorial symbols or  defilement of tombs or graveyardAny person who unlawfully destroys, brings down, breaks or damages tombs, memorial symbols or defiles tombs or graveyard, commits an offence. Upon conviction, he/she is liable to imprisonment for a term of  not less than three (3) years and not more than five (5) years with a fine 5,000,000) or only one of these penalties.
Article 185 : Sale or use of properties resulting from offences provided for in this Sectionproperties resulting from  the offences provided for in  this Section, sells or uses them in his/her activities, or gives them to another person  in any way, commits an offence. Upon conviction , he/she is liable to a fine of not less than five hundred If the selling, buying or use of such properties relates to monuments that are linked with the country’s history, culture or teachings, the applicable penalty is an imprisonment for a term of not less than seven (7) years and not more than ten (10) another person’s propertyAny person who, maliciously damages or plunders movable or immovable property of another person, commits an offence. Upon conviction, he/she is liable to imprisonment for a term of not less than two (2) months, and less than six (6) months with a fine of not less than three hundred and not more than five hundred thousand  one of these penalties.
Article 187: Damaging or plundering of  trees, crops and agricultural toolsplunders trees, crops, agricultural tools and person or belonging to him/her but with an effect on others, commits an offence. Upon conviction, he/she is liable to imprisonment for a term of not less than one (1) year, and not more than two (2) years with a fine of or only one of these penalties.
Article 188: Removal or displacement of signs or geodetic land markersremoves or displaces signs or geodetic land offence. Upon conviction , he/she is liable instruments d’agriculture