Article 282 Federal Criminal Code

A sanction of from three days to one year of imprisonment or from 180 to 360 days fine shall be applied:

I.- On anyone who in any way threatens another with causing him a harm in his person, in his goods, in his honor or in his rights, or in the person, honor, goods or rights of someone with whom he is linked by some bond, and

II.- On anyone who by means of threats of any gender tries to impede that another executes what he has the right to do.

If the offended party is any of the relatives or persons to which Articles 343 bis and 343 ter refer, in this last case as long as they dwell in the same domicile, the penalty that corresponds shall be increased by up to one third in its minimum and in its maximum.

If the offended party by the threat is a victim or offended party or witness in a criminal proceeding, the penalty shall be from four to eight years of imprisonment and from one hundred to three hundred days fine.

The crimes provided in this Article shall be prosecuted by complaint, with the exception of that established in the preceding paragraph, which shall be prosecuted ex officio.