- pregnancy;
- h) of two or move persons;
- i) committed by a person who had previously committed premeditated homicide, except for those homicides specified in articles 104 and 105 of the present Code;
- j) committed for motives of vengeance;
- k) committed by an especially dangerous recidivist—
- shall be punishable by deprivation of freedom for a period of from eight to 15 years, with or without exile, or by death.
Article 103. Premeditated homicide
Premeditated homicide when committed in the absence of those aggravating circumstances specified in Article 102 of the present Code—
- shall be punishable by deprivation of freedom for a period not to exceed ten years.
Article 104. Premeditated homicide committed in a state of intense emotion
Premeditated homicide committed in a state of sudden, intense emotion provoked by violence or gross contumely on the part of the injured party, or provoked by other illegal acts of the injured party, if such acts have resulted, or might have resulted, in serious consequences for the guilty party, or for his intimates—
- shall be punishable by deprivation of freedom for a period not to exceed five years, or by corrective labor for a period not to exceed one year.
Article 105. Homicide occurring when the limits of necessary defense are exceeded
Homicide committed when the limits of necessary defense are exceeded—
- shall be punishable by deprivation of freedom for a period not to exceed two years, or by corrective labor for a period not to exceed one year.
Article 106. Manslaughter
Manslaughter—
- shall be punishable by deprivation of freedom for a period not to exceed three years, or by corrective labor for a period not to exceed one year.
