(1) Whosoever forms an organisation whose aims or activities are directed at the commission of

1.  murder under specific aggravating circumstances (section 211), murder (section 212) or genocide (section 6 of the Code of International Criminal Law) or a crime against humanity (section 7 of the Code of International Criminal Law) or a war crime (section 8, section 9, section 10, section11 or section 12 of the Code ofInternational Criminal Law); or

2.  crimes against personal liberty under section 239a or section 239b,

3.  (repealed)

or whosoever participates in such a group as a member shall be liable to imprisonment from one to ten years.

(2) The same penalty shall be incurred by any person who forms an organisation whose aims or activities are directed at

1.  causing serious physical or mental harm to another person, namely within the ambit of section 226,

2.  committing offences under section 303b, section 305, section 305a or offences endangering the general public under sections 306 to 306c or section 307(1) to (3), section 308(1) to (4), section 309(1) to (5), section 313, section 314 or section 315(1), (3) or (4), section 316b(1) or (3) or section 316c (1) to (3) or section 317(1),

3.  committing offences against the environment under section 330a(1) to (3),

4.  committing offences under the following provisions of the Weapons of War (Control) Act: section19 (1) to (3), section 20(1) or (2), section 20a(1) to (3), section 19 (2) No 2 or (3) No 2, section 20(1) or (2), or section 20a(1) to (3), in each case also in conjunction with section 21, or under section 22a(1) to (3) or

5.  committing offences under section 51(1) to (3) of the Weapons Act;

or by any person who participates in such a group as a member, if one of the offences stipulated in Nos 1 to 5 is intended to seriously intimidate the population, to unlawfully coerce a public authority or an international organisation through the use of force or the threat of the use of force, or to significantly impair or destroy the fundamental political, constitutional, economic or social structures of a state or an international organisation, and which, given the nature or consequences of such offences, may seriously damage a state or an international organisation.

(3) If the aims or activities of the group are directed at threatening the commission of one of the offences listed in subsection (1) or (2) above, the penalty shall be imprisonment from six months to five years.

(4) If the offender is one of the ringleaders or hintermen the penalty shall be imprisonment of not less than three years in cases under subsections (1) and (2) above, and imprisonment from one to ten years in cases under subsection (3) above.

(5) Whosoever supports a group as described in subsections (1), (2) or (3) above shall be liable to imprisonment from six months to ten years in cases under subsections (1) and (2), and to imprisonment not exceeding five

years or a fine in cases under subsection (3). Whosoever recruits members or supporters for a group as described in subsection (1) or subsection (2) above shall be liable to imprisonment from six months to five years.

(6) In the cases of accomplices whose guilt is of a minor nature and whose contribution is of minor significance, the court may, in cases under subsections (1), (2), (3) and (5) above, mitigate the sentence in its discretion (section 49(2)).

(7) Section 129(6) shall apply mutatis mutandis.

(8) In addition to a sentence of imprisonment of not less than six months, the court may order the loss of the ability to hold public office, to vote and be elected in public elections (section 45(2) and (5)).

(9) In cases under subsections (1), (2) and (4) above the court may make a supervision order (section 68(1)).