Article 7.—Where groups _of persons are organized or meetings are called from a counter-revolutionary motive, whoever plays the important part shall be punishable ith imprisonment for the limited period from the 2nd to the 4th degree and the groups or meetings dissolved. Those who do nothing more than joining the groups or attending the meetings shall.be sentenced to imprisonment for a ited period of the Sth degree or to detention, Article 8—Whoever commits homicide, mayhem, arson, inundation damage, or any other offence in the circumstances related in Article 2 and Clause 1 of Article 5 of tke Present law shall be liable to the punishment presented for suck offence in the Criminal Code and dealt with according to the pro-sions for concurrence in offences in the same code.
Article 9—Whoever prepares oF plots for the commission of any of the offences specified in Articles 2 to 4 of the present law shall be entitled to a reduction of the prescribed punishment by one or two degrees.
Article 10.—Any attempt te! commit the offences specified in the present law shall be punishable.
Article 11.—Whoever, for the ion of any offence herein specified, is sentenced to imprison. ment for a limited period above the degree, shall be deprived of civil rights, Offenders otherwise punished are also liable to deprivation of ights.
Article 12—Any person wi guilty of counter-revolution wit) or without the Republic of China shall be dealt with according to the Present law. Whoever commits any offence before the promulgation of the present law and has not been tried or convicted shall be dealt with according to the present Whoever commits any offence before the promulgation of the present law and has not been tried or convicted shall be dealt with according to the present law.
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