Article 276 — Use of Illegal Means of Combat.

Whoever uses, or orders to be used, against the enemy any means or method of combat expressly forbidden by Ethiopian law or international conventions to which Ethiopia is a party, is punishable with simple imprisonment for not less than three months; or, if the crime is grave, with rigorous imprisonment from five years to twenty-five years; or, in the gravest cases, with life imprisonment or death. 277.- Breach of Armistice or Peace Treaty. Whoever, having been officially informed of an armistice or peace treaty duly conducted and contrary to the orders given, continues hostilities, or in any other way knowingly infringes one of the agreed conditions, is punishable with simple imprisonment, or, in more serious cases, with rigorous imprisonment not exceeding ten years.