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Article 585(3) or sub-article
(3) of this Article by a group, or for implementing the illegal aim of a group, or recruits other persons for the commission of the same crime mentioned above, or provides any other support including weapons, fraudulent travel documents or identity cards knowing that such support is to be used for the commission of one of these crimes, is punishable with the penalty indicated under sub-article ; of this Article. Article 480 Public Provocation to or Defence of a Crime. Whoever publicly, by word of mouth, writing, image, gesture or otherwise:
a) provokes others to commit acts of violence or grave crimes against the community, individuals or property; or
b) defends or praises such crime or its perpetrator; or
c) launches an appeal or starts a collection for the payment of pecuniary punishments pronounced by due process of law, with the intention of making common cause with the convicted person or of upholding his deed, or who knowingly takes part in such activities, is punishable with simple imprisonment or fine . Article 481- Prohibited Traffic in Arms.
(1) Whoever, apart from crimes against the security of the State (Art. 256):
a) makes, imports, exports or transports, acquires, receives, stores or ides, offers for sale, puts into circulation or distributes, without special authorization or contrary to law, weapons, explosives or munitions of any kind, with the intent of trafficking; or
b) without indulging in trafficking, knowingly sells, delivers or hands over arms to suspect or dangerous persons, is punishable with fine and rigorous imprisonment not exceeding five years, or, in serious cases, with rigorous imprisonment not exceeding ten years, without prejudice to confiscation of the specified materials.
(2) In cases where the crime committed involves: possessing, receiving, using, altering, transferring, distributing, disposing of, stealing or fraudulently obtaining a nuclear material which endangers or which is likely to endanger the life, body or property of persons or natural resources or the environment or committing an act, through violence or threat, that constitutes demand for the material; or carrying out a threat to commit one of these acts; the punishment shall be rigorous imprisonment form five years to ten years.
(3) In cases where the crime is committed by manufacturing or assembling firearms, their parts and components or ammunition from parts and components illicitly trafficked without securing a license or authorization from the competent authority of the state where the manufacture or assembly takes place or without making the firearms in accordance with the law; the punishment shall be rigorous imprisonment from five years to twelve years.
(4) Where the crime is committed for gain or where the criminal has made a profession of such acts, he shall be punished with rigorous imprisonment from five years to fifteen years.
(5) Nothing shall affect the application of laws issued concerning the making, carrying or use of weapons entailing penalties under petty offences (Art. 808 and 809).
