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 health of the injured party, or when accompanied by the infliction of physical suffering upon such person—
 * shall be punishable by deprivation of freedom for a period not to exceed three years.

'''Article 127. Abandonment in danger'''

The failure to render necessary and clearly urgent aid to a person in a state in which his life is endangered, if such aid might have been rendered by the guilty party without serious danger to himself or to other persons, or the failure to inform the appropriate institutions or persons of the necessity for rendering assistance—
 * shall be punishable by corrective labor for a period not to exceed six months, or by public censure, or by application of measures of social action.

The willful abandonment of a person in a state in which his life is endangered and who is incapable to taking measures to save his life by reason of his extreme youth, old age, illness, or as a result of his helplessness in general, in cases where the guilty party could have rendered assistance to the injured party and was under obligation to provide ore for him, or when he himself put such person in a situation endangering his life—
 * shall be punishable by deprivation of freedom for a period not to exceed two years, or by corrective labor for a period not to exceed one year.

'''Article 128. Failure to render assistance to a sick person'''

The failure to render assistance to a sick person, without good and sufficient reason, on the part of a person under obligation to render such assistance under the law or by virtue of special regulations—
 * shall be punishable by corrective labor for a period not to exceed one year, or by a fine not to exceed 1,000 rubles, or by public censure, or by application of measures of social action.

The same act, if it has caused, or clearly might have caused, the death of the patient, or other serious consequences for him—
 * shall be punishable by deprivation of freedom for a period not ts exceed two years, with deprivation of the right to engage in professional practices for a period not to exceed three years.

Article 129, Failure, by the master of a vessel, to render assistance to the victims of a catastrophe

The failure, on the part of the master of a vessel, to render