Unauthorized Occupation? From 2024, Imprisonment Will Be at Risk.
On November 16, 2023, the government approved three new security laws, focusing mainly on the issue of unauthorized occupation of homes. One of the most significant changes is the introduction of the offense of arbitrary occupation of someone else's home. This offense can only be pursued if the victim decides to file a complaint. Additionally, a procedure has been introduced to help those with the right to do so quickly regain possession of their homes.
According to these new laws, unauthorized occupation of a home can lead to a sentence of two to seven years in prison.
The new legislation specifies the offense of "arbitrary occupation of someone else's home," which can only be pursued if the victim decides to file a complaint. The law penalizes, with a sentence of two to seven years in prison, those who, through violence or threats, illegally take possession of someone else's home or prevent the rightful owner from re-entering. The same penalty applies to those who illegally take possession of a home using tricks or fraud, or transfer the occupied home to someone else.
Furthermore, the law includes a procedure that allows those with the right to do so to quickly regain control of the occupied home, with immediate police intervention if the residence is the complainant's primary residence, subsequently validated by judicial authorities.
