OF THE FDERAL DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF ETHIOPIA 5 Year No. 21 ADDIS ABABA - 15th December , 1998 CONTENTS Proclamation No. 141/1998 1957 Penal Code ( Amendment ) Proclamation Page 923 PROCLAMATION NO . 141/1998 A PROCLAMATION TO PROVIDE FOR THE AMENDMENT OF THE 1957 PENAL CODE WHEREAS , it has become necessary to amend the the Economic and Population Policies of the Country ; NOW , THEREFORE , in accordance with Article 55 ( 1 ) of the Constitution of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia , it is hereby proclaimed as follows : 1. Shørt Title This Proclamation may be cited as the “ 1957 Penal Code ( Amendment ) Proclamation No. 141/1998 . " 2. Amendment The provision of sub - Article ' a ' of Article 802 of the 1957 Penal Code is deleted and the provision of sub Article ‘ b ' of the same Article is replaced as Article 802 . Unit Price The African Law Archive 3. Effective Date This Proclamation shall come into force as of the 15th day of December , 1998 . Done at Addis Ababa , this 15th day of December , 1998 . PRESIDENT OF THE FEDERAL DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF ETHIOPIA The African Law Archive