The approved reform addresses non-consensual administration of substances to impair someone or facilitate crime. The announcement sets a basic sentence of three to six years.
Scope of the decision
Specified circumstances can raise the maximum to nine years, including the provisions covering children, older people and people with disabilities. That aggravated maximum is not an automatic sentence for every offence.
Context matters
Update: February 28, 2026. Decree 249 appeared in the official gazette, issue 17, supplement 2. Its transitional provision sets commencement for the following day, March 1. The text adds article 215 Bis and preserves penalties for other offences committed in connection with the drugging.
The date refers to the linked original publication. This summary preserves the context at that date.
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