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Διατάξεις Ποινικού Κώδικα

FIRST CHAPTER

THE PENAL LAW

I. Temporal limits of the penal statutes

No penalty without a law
Article 1.- A penalty shall not be inflicted unless for acts for which the law has
expressively designated prior to their commission.

I. General Provisions

Concept of the punishable act
Article 14.- 1. A crime is an act which is unlawful and imputable to its actor, which is
punished by the law.
2. In the provisions of the penal laws the term “act” includes also omissions.

Culpability
Article 26.- 1. The felonies and the misdemeanors are punished only when they are
committed with wilful intention. By derogation in the cases which are specifically
stipulated by the law, the misdemeanors are punished even when they are committed
by negligence.
2. Petty offences are punished always, even when they were committed from
negligence, except for the cases for which the law especially requires wilful intention.

Negligence
Article 28.- From negligence acts whosoever from a lack of the attention which he had
to pay in the circumstances and he could have paid, or he did not foresee the punishable
result which his act caused, or he foresaw that it was possible, but he believed that it
would not occur.

Bodily harm from negligence
Article 314.- 1. Whosoever from negligence causes a bodily injury or a harm of the
health of another person, shall be punished with imprisonment of no more than three
years. If the bodily harm which was caused is utterly slight, there is inflicted
imprisonment of no more than three months or a monetary sentence.