Repeat offenders and those who commit grievous bodily harm will receive the most firmest punishment.

The new criminal code will declare that anyone who is attacked at night by a group of at least three armed people may assume that their life is in danger, and would therefore be authorised to put up powerful resistance without regard for the consequences of their actions. "

Source: Hungary Around the Clock

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