SECTION XI
CRIMINAL ACTS WHICH VIOLATE THE LEGAL STATUS OF LAND

Article 199
Misuse of land
Misuse of land in violation of its designated purpose constitutes criminal contravention and is sentenced to a fine or to up six months of imprisonment.

Article 200
Unlawfully taking land
Unlawfully taking land constitutes criminal contravention and is sentenced to a fine or up to two years of imprisonment.

CHAPTER IV
CRIMINAL ACTS AGAINST ENVIRONMENT

Article 201
Polluting the air
Polluting the air through the emission of smokes, gasses and other toxic radioactive substances, when it increases the normal limit allowed, and when the act does not constitute administrative contravention, constitutes criminal contravention and is sentenced to a fine or up to two years of imprisonment.
The same act, when it has caused serious consequences to the life and health of people, is sentenced up to ten years of imprisonment.

Article 202
Transporting toxic waste
Transporting toxic and radioactive waste transit into the Albanian territory or their depositing therein is sentenced from one to five years of imprisonment.
The same act, when it has caused serious consequences to the life and health of people, is sentenced from five to fifteen years of imprisonment.

Article 203
Polluting the water
Polluting the waters of the seas, rivers, lakes or the springs of water supply system with waste either toxic or radioactive or other substances, which break the ecological balance, is sentenced up to five years of imprisonment.
The same act, when has caused serious consequences to the life and health of people, is sentenced from five to fifteen years of imprisonment.

Article 204
Prohibited fishing
Fishing undertaken at a prohibited time, place and methods constitutes criminal contravention and is sentenced to a fine or to up three months of imprisonment.
Fishing undertaken through means of public danger like explosives, poisonous substances, etc, constitutes criminal contravention and is sentenced to a fine or up to two years of imprisonment.

Article 205
Unlawfully cutting forests
Cutting or damaging forests without authorization or when it is undertaken at a prohibited time and places, when the act does not constitute administrative contravention, constitutes criminal contravention and is sentenced to a fine or up to one year of imprisonment.

Article 206
Cutting decoration and fruit trees
Cutting decoration trees and damaging gardens and parks in the cities constitutes criminal contravention and is sentenced to a fine.
Cutting trees in fruit or olive plantations and vineyards, after [the application] for cutting permit has been previously refused by the competent authority, constitutes criminal contravention and is sentenced up to three months of imprisonment.

Article 207
Breach of quarantine for plants and animals
Breach of rules of quarantine for plants or animals, when it has led to serious consequences which are either materialor which bring serious danger to the life and health of people, constitutes criminal contravention and is sentenced to a fine.

CHAPTER V
OFFENCES AGAINST INDEPENDENCE AND CONSTITUTIONAL ORDER

SECTION I
OFFENCES AGAINST INDEPENDENCE AND INTEGRITY

Article 208
Transferring territory
The total or partial transfer of territory to foreign state or power, with the intent of violating the independence and integrity of the country, is sentenced to no less than fifteen years of imprisonment or to life imprisonment or to death.

Article 209
Surrendering the army
[The act of] total or partial surrendering the army or handing over defense materials or supplying weapons and ammunition to a foreign state or power, with the intent of violating the independence and integrity of the country, is sentenced to no less than fifteen years of imprisonment or to life imprisonment or death.

Article 210
Agreement for transferring territory
Agreement with foreign powers or states for total or partial transferring of territory or handing over of the army and defense materials, with the intent of violating the integrity of the country, is sentenced from five to ten years of imprisonment.

Article 211
Provocation of war
Committing acts which intent to provoke war or make the Republic of Albania face the danger of a [military] intervention from foreign powers, is sentenced to no less than fifteen years of imprisonment.

Article 212
Agreement for armed intervention
Agreement settled with foreign powers or states to cause armed intervention against the territory of the Republic of Albania, is sentenced from ten to fifteen years of imprisonment.

Article 213
Handing over classified information
Handing over classified information of military or other character to a foreign power with the intent of encroaching the independence of the country, is sentenced from ten to twenty years of imprisonment.

Article 214
Providing information
Providing classified information of military or other character, with the intent of handing over to a foreign power in order to encroach the independence of the country, is sentenced from three to ten years of imprisonment.

Article 215
Damaging defense objects
Destroying or damaging means, equipments, appliances, weapons, military technique or objects for military defense, with the intent of reducing the country's defensive capacity, is sentenced from five to fifteen years of imprisonment.

Article 216
Providing means for destroying military technique
Production or keeping means for destroying or damaging equipments, appliances, weapons, means of military technique or objects for military defense, with the intent of reducing the country's defense capacity, is sentenced up to ten years of imprisonment.

Article 217
Getting payed [from foreign states]
Getting payed or the agreement to get payed or to receive other material benefits, in order to commit in favor of foreign states or powers one of the crimes provided for in this section, is sentenced from five to ten years of imprisonment.

Article 218
Placing oneself in the service of foreign states
Placing an Albanian citizen in the service of a foreign state or power, with the intent of committing acts against the independence and integrity of the Republic of Albania, is sentenced from three to ten years of imprisonment.

SECTION II
OFFENCES AGAINST CONSTITUTIONAL ORDER

Article 219
Assassination
Assassination, kidnaping, torturing or other acts of violence [committed] against highest representatives of the state, with the intent of overturning constitutional order, is sentenced to no less than fifteen years of imprisonment or to life imprisonment or death.

Article 220
Conspiracy
Decision-making and creating material conditions from a group of people to commit an assassination is sentenced from five to fifteen years of imprisonment.

Article 221
Uprising
Participating in violent massive actions such as placing obstacles and barricades to stop the police, [conducting] armed resistance against them or disarming them, [undertaking] forcible occupation of buildings, looting, gathering or placing under [one's] disposal weapons, ammunition and people, facilitating the uprisers' activity, committed with the intent of overturning constitutional order, are sentenced from fifteen to twenty five years of imprisonment.
Participation in the above-mentioned activities with the capacity of leader or organizer is sentenced to life imprisonment or death.

Article 222
Calls for taking on the arms or unlawful taking-over of the command
Calls for taking on the arms against constitutional order, creating or organizing the armed forces in violation to the law, unlawful taking-over of the command of the armed forces in order to conduct military actions with the intent of opposing constitutional order, are sentenced from five to ten years of imprisonment.

Article 223
Public calls for violence
Public calls to commit violent acts against the constitutional order, are sentenced to a fine or up to three years of imprisonment.

Article 224
Founding anti-constitutional parties or associations
Founding of or participating in parties, organizations or associations which intent to violently overturn the constitutional order is sentenced to a fine or up to three years of imprisonment.
Re-founding a party, organization or association which was previously banned as anti-constitutional or the continuation of their activity in an open or covert way, is sentenced from one to five years of imprisonment.

Article 225
Distributing anti-constitutional writings
Distribution of writings or use of symbols belonging to an anti-constitutional party, organization or associations or to one previously banned on the same grounds, is sentenced to a fine or up to three years of imprisonment.
Distributing or infiltrating materials, writings or symbols into the Republic of Albania from abroad, which intent to overturn the constitutional order or affect the territorial integrity of the country, is sentenced to a fine or up to three years of imprisonment.

CHAPTER VI
OFFENCES ENCROACHING RELATIONS WITH OTHER STATES

Article 226
Violent acts against representatives of foreign states
Committing violent acts against prime ministers, cabinet members, parliamentarians of foreign states, diplomatic representatives, or [representatives] of recognized international bodies who are officially in the Republic of Albania, is sentenced up to ten years of imprisonment.

Article 227
Insulting representatives of foreign countries
Insulting prime ministers, cabinet members, parliamentarians of foreign states, diplomatic representatives, or [representatives] of recognized international bodies who are officially in the Republic of Albania, is sentenced up to a fine or up to three years of imprisonment.

Article 228
Violent acts against working-places of foreign representatives
Committing violent acts against working-places, residences, means of transportation of representatives of foreign states and recognized international bodies constitutes criminal contravention and is sentenced to a fine or up to one year of imprisonment.
When the act has resulted into serious material consequences or into complications in the bilateral relations, it is sentenced up to ten years of imprisonment.

Article 229
Insulting acts against the anthem and flag
Using words or committing acts which publicly insult the flag, emblem, anthem of foreign states and recognized international bodies, as well as taking away, breaking, irreparably damaging the flag, [or] emblem, which are displayed in official institutions, constitutes criminal contravention and is sentenced to a fine or up to one year of imprisonment.


CHAPTER VII
TERRORIST ACTS

Article 230
Terrorist acts
Committing violent acts against the life, health of people, personal freedom through kidnaping of people or hijacking public transportation, with the intent to seriously disturb public order and instilling fear and uncertainty in the public is sentenced to no less than fifteen years of imprisonment or to life imprisonment or death.

Article 231
Violent acts against property
Committing violent acts against property through stealing, massive damaging or destroying, with the intent of seriously disturbing public order and instilling fear and uncertainty to the public, is sentenced to no less than fifteen years of imprisonment.

Article 232
Delivering dangerous substances
Delivery in the air, land or water of substances which constitute danger to the life and health of people and animals, with the intent of seriously disturbing public order and instilling uncertainty to the public, is sentenced from ten to twenty years of imprisonment.

Article 233
Creating armed gangs
Creating armed gangs to oppose on the public order through violent acts against life, health, personal freedom of the individual, property, with the intent of instilling fear and uncertainty to the public, is sentenced up to ten years of imprisonment.

Article 234
Producing military weapons
Producing, storing, transporting of military, chemical, biological, nuclear weapons which have poisonous or explosive base, with the intent of committing acts of terrorism, is sentenced from five to fifteen years of imprisonment.

CHAPTER VIII
CRIMES AGAINST THE STATE AUTHORITY

SECTION I
CRIMINAL ACTS AGAINST STATE ACTIVITY COMMITTED BY [ALBANIAN] CITIZENS

Article 235
Opposing the public official
Opposing an official on state duty or public service, with the intent of hindering him to fulfil his duty or service in compliance with law, constitutes criminal contravention and is sentenced to a fine or up to six months of imprisonment.
When the same act is committed through physical violence, it is sentenced to a fine or up to five years of imprisonment.

Article 236
Opposing the official of the public order police
Opposing the official of the public order police with the intent of hindering him to fulfil his duty in compliance with law, constitutes criminal contravention and is sentenced to a fine or up to one year of imprisonment.
When the same act is committed through physical violence, it is sentenced from two to seven years of imprisonment.

Article 237
Assault [to an official] on duty
Assault or other violent acts committed toward an official acting in the execution of a state duty or public service, because of his state activity or service, are sentenced to a fine or up to three years of imprisonment.

Article 238
Threatening [a public official] on duty
Serious threat for assassination or critical injury toward an official acting in the execution of a state duty or public service, because of his state activity or service, constitutes criminal contravention and is sentenced to a fine or up to two years of imprisonment.

Article 239
Insulting [a public official] on duty
Insulting intentionally an official acting in the execution of a state duty or public service, because of his state activity or service, constitutes criminal contravention and is sentenced to a fine or up to six months of imprisonment.
When the same act is committed publicly, it constitutes criminal contravention and is sentenced to a fine or up to one year of imprisonment.

Article 240
Defamation [toward a public official] on duty
Intentional defamation committed toward an official acting in the execution of a state duty or public service, because of his state activity or service, constitutes criminal contravention and is sentenced to a fine or up to one year of imprisonment.
When the same act is committed publicly, it constitutes criminal contravention and is sentenced to a fine or up to two years of imprisonment.

Article 241
Defamation toward the President of the Republic
Intentional defamation committed toward the President of the Republic is sentenced to a fine or up to three years of imprisonment.

Article 242
Disobeying orders of the official of public order police
Disobeying the lawful orders of the official of public order police constitutes criminal contravention and is sentenced to a fine or up to three months of imprisonment.

Article 243
Assaulting family members of a person acting in exercise of his state duty
Assault or other violent acts committed toward a family member of a person acting in the exercise of his state duty or public service, with the intent of preventing the fulfilment of the duty or service, or which is related to this activity, is sentenced to a fine or up to five years of imprisonment.

Article 244
Proposals for remuneration made to officials holding a public office
Proposals for remunerations, gifts or other benefits made to an official holding a state duty or public service, if the latter undertakes to act or refrains from acting on an action connected to his duty or service, or to use his influence toward other authorities in order to insure favors, courtesies and any other benefits, is sentenced to a fine or up to three years of imprisonment.

Article 245
Remuneration given to officials holding a public office
Remunerating or awarding other benefits to officials holding a state duty or public service to have him act or refrain from acting on an action connected to his duty or service, or to use his influence toward other authorities in order to insure favors, courtesies and any other benefits, is sentenced to a fine or up to five years of imprisonment.

Article 246
Appropriating a public title or office
Appropriating a public title or office accompanied with the actions pertinent to the holder of the title or office, constitutes criminal contravention and is sentenced to a fine or up to two years of imprisonment.
If the act is committed for embezzlement purposes or has encroached the freedom, dignity or other fundamental rights of the citizen, it is sentenced to a fine or up to five years of imprisonment.

Article 247
Unlawfully wearing the uniform
Unlawfully wearing a uniform, holding a document or a distinctive sign, which shows the capacity of an official working in a state duty or public service, accompanied with illegal acts, constitutes criminal contravention and is sentenced to a fine or up to two years of imprisonment.
If the act is committed for embezzlement purposes or has encroached the freedom, dignity or other fundamental rights of the citizen, it is sentenced to a fine or up to five years of imprisonment