SPECIFIC PART
SECTION I
Offenses against National Security and Social Orderliness
Article 55 (New). Attempt to Life
Any person: physically harming leaders of the Lao People’s Democratic Republic with the purpose of undermining or weakening the state authority shall be punished by imprisonment from ten to twenty years and shall be fined from Kip 10,000,000 to Kip 150,000,000.
Where such physical harm results in death, such offense shall be punished by life imprisonment or execution.
Any person causing physical harm to representatives of the State authority, civil servants, persons performing the activities of state or social organizations with the aim of weakening the state authority shall be punished by five to ten years of imprisonment and shall be fined from Kip 5,000,000 to Kip 50,000,000.
Where such physical harm results in death, the punishment shall include from ten to twenty years of imprisonment and a fine from Kip 10,000,000 to Kip 100,000,000 or life imprisonment or execution.
Any person physically harming a foreign representative with the aim of dividing and undermining international relations or causing acts of war shall be punished by eight to twenty years of imprisonment and fined from Kip 7,000,000 to Kip 100,000,000.
Where such physical harm results in death, the punishment shall be increased to ten to twenty years of imprisonment and a fine between Kip 10,000,000 to Kip 150,000,000 or life imprisonment or execution.
In addition to the above punishments, penalties may include the confiscation of assets as provided under article 32 of this law and house arrest.
Any preparation and attempts to commit such offense shall also be punished.
link to complete text of the Penal Law: Laos-Penal Law-2001-2005-eng