Criminal Code of Hungary (2012) (excerpts related to Hate Crime Laws) (English)

 

Section 216 - Violence against a member of a community

(1) A person who, because of the fact that another person, actually or presumably, belongs to a national, ethnic, racial or religious group or another group of society, in particular because of his disability, gender identity or sexual orientation, displays a conspicuously anti-social conduct that is capable of causing alarm in members of the respective group is guilty of a felony and shall be punished by imprisonment for up to three years.

(2) A person who assaults or coerces another person by violence or threat to do, not to do or to tolerate something because he, actually or presumably, belongs to a national, ethnic, racial or religious group or another group of society, in particular because of his disability, gender identity or sexual orientation, shall be punished by imprisonment for one to five years.

(3) The punishment shall be imprisonment for two to eight years if the criminal offence of violence against a member of a community is committed

a) with a weapon,

b) with an instrument capable of causing death,

c) by causing significant harm to interests,

d) by tormenting the aggrieved party,

e) by a group, or

f) in a criminal conspiracy.

(4) A person who commits preparation for violence against a member of a community is guilty of a misdemeanour and shall be punished by imprisonment for up to two years.

 

Section 332 - Incitement against a community

A person who, in front of a large audience, incites to violence or hatred against

a) the Hungarian nation,

b) a national, ethnic, racial or religious group or a member of such a group, or

c) certain groups of society or a member of such groups, particularly with regard to any disability, sexual identity or sexual orientation, is guilty of a felony and shall be punished by imprisonment for up to three years.