Article 141. Violation of authors' and inventors' rights
The publication, under one’s own name, of a scientific, literary, musical, or artistic work created by another person, or any other appropriation of the authorship of such a work, or the illegal reproduction or dissemination of such a work, and in like manner coercion into collaboration—
- shall be punishable by deprivation of freedom for a period not to exceed one year, or by a fine not to exceed 5000 rubles.
Making public an invention, prior to its patenting, without the agreement of the inventor, appropriation of the authorship of an invention, coercion into collaboration on an invention, and in like manner the appropriation of the authorship of a rationalization suggestion—
- shall be punishable by deprivation of freedom for a period not to exceed one year, or by corrective labor for the same period, or by a fine not to exceed 5,000 rubles.
Article 142. Violation of laws pertaining to the separation of church and state, and school and church
The violation of laws pertaining to the separation of church and state, and of school and church—
- shall be punishable by corrective labor for a period not to exceed one year, or by a fine not to exceed 500 rubles.
Article 143. Obstructing the performance of religious ceremonies
Obstruction of the performance of religious ceremonies, insofar as they do not disturb the public order and are not accompanied by infringement of the rights of citizens—
- shall be punishable by corrective labor for a period not to exceed six months, or by public censure.
Chapter Five
Crimes against the Personal Property of Citizens
Article 144. Theft
The concealed appropriation of the personal property of citizens (theft)—
- shall be punishable by deprivation of freedom for a period not to exceed two years, or by corrective labor for a period not to exceed one year.
