Public endangerment

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Endangering the community is a criminal offense under the Austrian Criminal Code for certain forms of action that is dangerous to the public or for causing common dangers .

Anyone who negligently ( Section 177 ) or intentionally ( Section 176 ) causes danger to life or limb ( Section 89 ) of a large number of people or to large-scale property of others is liable to prosecution . The sentence is up to ten years in the event of intent; up to one year in the event of negligence. In the event that the threat to the community has actual consequences, the corresponding penalties in § 169/3 ( arson ) apply in the case of intent, as well as § 170/2 ( negligent induction of a conflagration ) in the case of negligence. One complication is the public endangerment withConsequence of death .

The following are expressly excluded from the risk to the community: the risk of conflagration or arson, nuclear energy or ionizing radiation and explosives, which are separate facts.