(1) Any person who himself constructs, or through an agent, a building without planning permission, shall be sentenced to a penalty of imprisonment for a term of one to five years.

(2) Any person who gives permission for the connection of a telephone, water or electrical supply to a construction site, upon which a construction is underway for which planning permission has not been granted, shall be sentenced according to the provisions of above paragraph.

(3) Any person who allows any industrial activity in a building which does not have the appropriate licence for usage shall be sentenced to a penalty of imprisonment for a term of two to five years.

(4) Excluding paragraph 3, the provisions of this article shall apply only within the municipal boundaries or the areas subject to a special construction regime.

(5) Where a person himself, or through an agent, constructs a building without planning permission, or contrary to planning permission and if he takes the necessary steps to comply with planning or construction permission thereafter there shall be no criminal proceedings initiated. Any such proceedings shall be dropped and any conviction arising from such shall be set aside along with all of its consequences.

(6) (Added on 29 June 2005 – By Article 21 of the Law no. 5377) The provisions in the Paragraphs 2 and 3 shall not be applied in respect of the buildings constructed before 12 October 2004.