(1) In especially serious cases of an intentional offence under sections 324 to 329 the penalty shall be imprisonment from six months to ten years. An especially serious case typically occurs if the offender

1.  damages a body of water, the soil or a conservation area within the meaning of section 329(3) in such a manner that the damage cannot be eliminated or only at extraordinary expense or after a lengthy period of time;

2.  endangers the public water supply;

3.  permanently damages an existing population of animals or plants of a strictly protected species;

4.  acts out of profit-seeking.

(2) Whosoever by an intentional offence under sections 324 to 329

1.  places another person in danger of death or serious injury or a large number of people in danger of injury; or

2.  causes the death of another person,

shall in cases under No 1 above be liable to imprisonment from one to ten years, in cases under No 2 above to imprisonment of not less than three years unless the act is punishable under section 330a(1) to (3).

(3) In less serious cases under subsection (2) No 1 above the penalty shall be imprisonment from six months to five years, in less serious cases under subsection (2) No 2 above imprisonment from one to ten years.