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8. Offences against prisoners
 
  Article 45-Offences causing temporary injury  
45.1 Prisoner Minor harm  
  Minor harm is the causing of minor injury to one or more prisoners which is not life threatening and/or does not involve permanent injury/loss of natural body function. Minor harm is further defined into only three possible classifications-intentional minor harm, negligent minor harm and justifiable minor harm.  
45.2 Intentional Minor harm  
  Intentional minor harm is the intentional infliction of minor injury, without lawful excuse, to one or more prisoners which is not life threatening and/or does not involve permanent injury/loss of natural body function.  
 
 Primary Fact(s)
 1. That the person(s) have suffered minor harm.
 2. That the prisoner(s) were/was in custody of the armed forces of Arabian Union under the rules of this Military Code.
 3. That the actions of the accused contributed to the injury.
 4. That the actions of the accused were done with the intent to cause minor or grievous injury.
 
 
 Penalty Conditions (Level-2 Offence)
Type
 Condition(s)
1-3
 a) if committed with the intent to inflict bodily harm to a person;
4-6
 a) if committed by a person who has undertaken at least one year of martial arts/self defence training;
 
 
 Penalty Conditions (Level-3 Offence)
Type
 Condition(s)
1-3
 b) of a person who is known by the attacker to be helpless state;
4-6
 a) of a woman who is known by the attacker to be in a state of pregnancy;
b) if involving the attack of two or more persons;
 
 
 Penalty Conditions (Level-4 Offence)
Type
 Condition(s)
1-3
 a) if committed with cruelty;
4-6
 a) if including rape or sexual actions;
b) including sexual actions against a child;
c) if committed for the purpose of torture;
 
45.3 Negligent Minor harm  
  Negligent minor harm is the infliction of minor injury to one or more prisoners which is not life threatening and/or does not involve permanent injury/loss of natural body function without deliberate intention to cause injury.  
 
 Primary Fact(s)
 1. That the person(s) have suffered minor harm.
 2. That the prisoner(s) were/was in custody of the armed forces of Arabian Union under the rules of this Military Code.
 3. That the actions of the accused contributed to the injury.
 4. That the actions of the accused were not done with the intent to cause minor or grievous injury.
 
 
 Penalty Conditions (Level-1 Offence)
Type
 Condition(s)
1-3
 a) cause by an impulsive reckless act not involving the use of machinery or weapons of any kind;
4-6
 a) if committed by a driver as a result of a motor vehicle accident;
 
 
 Penalty Conditions (Level-2 Offence)
Type
 Condition(s)
1-3
 a) if owing to the general improper discharge by a person in the medical profession of their professional duties;
4-6
 a) if owing to the deliberate abandoning without aid of person who is in a state of danger to human health and who is deprived of the possibility of taking measures towards their self-preservation;
b) if committed in a state of sudden strong mental agitation, cause by other unlawful or amoral actions (inaction) of the victim;
c) if committed in a state of sudden strong mental agitation, cause by a protracted mentally traumatizing situation caused in connection with the systematic unlawful or amoral behavior of the victim.
 
45.4 Justifiable minor harm  
  Justifiable minor harm is the infliction of minor injury to one or more prisoners which is not threatening and/or does not involve permanent injury/loss of natural body function with lawful excuse.  
 
 Primary Fact(s)
 1. That the person(s) have suffered minor harm.
 2. That the prisoner(s) were/was in custody of the armed forces of Arabian Union under the rules of this Military Code.
 3. That the actions of the accused contributed to the injury.
 4. That the actions of the accused were lawfully justifiable.
 
 
 Penalty Conditions (Level-1 Offence)
Type
 Condition(s)
1-3
 a) if committed in the handling of a belligerent prisoner;
4-6
 a) if committed in the break-up of violence between prisoners;
 
     
     
     
 
 

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