State: Armenia
Law or Regulations: Criminal Code of the Republic of Armenia (extracts)


Special part; Section XIII; Chapter XXXIII: Crimes against peace and human security
Art. 386 Manufacture or proliferation of mass destruction weapons


Article 386. Manufacture or proliferation of mass destruction weapons.

Creation, production, acquisition or realization of chemical, biological or other types of weapons prohibited by international agreements, transfer of raw materials or fissionable materials to a country that does not possess nuclear weapons, providing anyone with mass destruction weapons prohibited in international agreements or components necessary for its production, is punished with imprisonment for the term from 4 to 8 years.

References: International Treaties and Documents

UN Biological Weapons Convention 1972: Art. 1 IHL - Treaties & Comments and 4 IHL - Treaties & Comments
UN Convention on Chemical Weapons 1993: Art. 1 IHL - Treaties & Comments and 7 IHL - Treaties & Comments.