(1) Where a religious leader, such as an imam, orator, preacher, priest or rabbi, while performing his duty, publicly degrades or ridicules the government administration or activities or the laws of the State, shall be sentenced to a penalty of imprisonment for a term of one month to one year and a judicial fine or either of these penalties may be imposed.

(2) Any persons described in the aforementioned paragraph who, by misusing his title, provokes or encourages either the disobedience of State law (or government order) or public servants to forgo their public responsibilities, or who ridicules or degrades the power and responsibility of government office, order, law and government administration shall be sentenced to a penalty of imprisonment for a term of three months to two years and a judicial fine and shall be disqualified, temporarily or for life, from holding his title and from receiving any entitlements or benefits arising from such.

(3) Any religious leader or religious official who, by misusing his title, compels and convinces a person to act, or speak, against lawfully acquired rights, shall be sentenced to a penalty according to the aforementioned paragraph.

(4) If one of these persons commits an offence, other than the offence described in paragraph one, by misusing his religious title, the penalty for that offence shall be increased by one sixth.

(5) Nevertheless, the penalty shall not be increased if the law has already taken into consideration the aforementioned title.