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art. 238
Código Penal, Ley n° 1160/1997
- Target
- Public apologia of a crime attempted or consummated, or of a person convicted of having committed it, in a manner apt to disturb public peace
- Test
- Publicly, in a meeting, or by the publications in art. 14(3). Gated on aptitude to disturb public peace. This is general crime-apologia, not a terrorism-specific cell and not incitación al odio.
- Max
- Custodial penalty of up to 3 years, or a fine
El que públicamente, en una reunión o mediante las publicaciones señaladas en el artículo 14, inciso 3º, hiciera en forma idónea para perturbar la paz pública la apología de: 1. un crimen tentado o consumado; o 2. un condenado por haberlo realizado, será castigado con pena privativa de libertad de hasta tres años o con multa.
Official Spanish, Biblioteca y Archivo del Congreso Nacional, Ley 1160/1997 art. 238. Working English: whoever publicly, in a meeting, or by the publications in art. 14(3), makes, in a manner apt to disturb public peace, the apology of a crime attempted or consummated, or of a person convicted of having committed it — up to 3 years or a fine.
Cite · C.P. art. 238 (Ley 1160/1997) · as of 2026-09-05
- Do not treat art. 238 as Israel §24 or as a racial-hatred cell. Do not invent an incitación-al-odio article number.
- General apologia of a crime, gated on disturbing public peace. Not a terrorism-specific Israel §24 cell. EXTRA_PARTIAL named incitación al odio / discriminación; that hatred pinpoint is not this article. Ley 6940/2022 (Afro-descendant discrimination, fines) is a neighbouring instrument, not this quote.
- Art. 237 (incitación a cometer hechos punibles) is a neighbouring incitement cell, not this quote.