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Article 219. Negligence in the custody of firearms

Negligence in the custody of a firearm, which has created the conditions for the use of such firearm by another person, if such negligence hey resulted in serious consequences—

shall be punishable by deprivation of freedom for a period not to exceed one year, or by corrective labor for the same period.

Article 220. The illegal shipping of inflammable or acid substances

The illegal shipping, via mail or as baggage, of inflammable or acid substances, if it has resulted in serious consequences—

shall be punishable by deprivation of freedom for a period not to exceed three years, or by corrective labor for a period not to exceed one year.

Article 221. Illegal practice of medicine

The practice of medicine by a person who does not possess the requisite medical education—

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 3,000 rubles, or by application of measures of social action.

Article 222. Violation of regulations established for the purpose of combating epidemics

Violation of mandatory regulations established for the purpose of preventing epidemic and other infectious diseases, and to control them, if such violation has caused the spread of infectious diseases—

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 500 rubles.

Article 223. Pollution of bodies of water, and of the atmosphere

The pollution of rivers, lakes, and other bodies of water and sources of water supply with unpurified and untreated sewage water, or with the refuse and waste products of industrial and communal enterprises, which pollution might cause damage to the health of human beings, or to agricultural production, or to fisheries, and in like manner the pollution of the atmosphere with waste products of industry which are harmful to the health of human beings—

shall be punishable by corrective labor for a period not to exceed one year, or by a fine not to exceed 3,000 rubles.