Criminal offences against life and health

Regulation in the Criminal Code 

Criminal offences against life and health are covered in the Criminal Code in its Special Part, specifically in Chapter I. This chapter is divided into five parts as follows:

Part 1 Criminal offences against life

Part 2 Criminal offences against health

Part 3 Criminal offences endangering life or health

Part 4 Criminal offences against a woman's pregnancy

Part 5 Criminal offences related to unauthorized handling of human tissues and organs, human embryos, and the human genome 

Individual crimes

The Criminal Code regulates the following criminal offences within the aforementioned group:

Part 1 Criminal offences against life (Section 140 - 144 )

Murder (Section 140)

Manslaughter (Section 141)

Murder of a newborn by the mother (Section 142)

Negligent homicide (Section 143)

Assisting suicide (Section 144)

Part 2 Criminal offences against health (Section 145 - 148)

Grievous bodily harm (Section 145)

Bodily harm (Section 146)

Bodily harm under excusable motive (Section 146a)

Negligent grievous bodily harm (Section 147)

Negligent bodily harm (Section 148)

Part 3 Criminal offences endangering life or health (Section 149 - 158)

Torture and other inhuman and cruel treatment (Section 149)

Failure to provide assistance (Section 150)

Failure to provide assistance by a vehicle driver (Section 151)

Spreading contagious human diseases (Section 152)

Spreading contagious human diseases by negligence (Section 153)

General provision (Section 154)

Endangering health with venereal diseases (Section 155)

Endangering health with hazardous foodstuffs and other objects (Section 156)

Endangering health with hazardous foodstuffs and other objects by negligence (Section 157)

Fight (Section 158)

Part 4 Criminal offences related to pregnancy (Section 159 - 163)

Unauthorized termination of pregnancy without the pregnant woman's consent (Section 159)

Unauthorized termination of pregnancy with the pregnant woman's consent (Section 160)

Assistance to a pregnant woman for artificial termination of pregnancy (Section 161)

Incitement of a pregnant woman to artificial termination of pregnancy (Section 162)

General provision (Section 163)

Part 5 Crimes related to unauthorized handling of human tissues and organs, human embryos, and the human genome

Unauthorized removal of tissues and organs (Section 164)

Illegal handling of tissues and organs (Section 165)

Payment for tissue and organ removal and transplantation (Section 166)

Illegal handling of human embryos and human genomes (Section 167)

Typical criminal offences against life and health