The first part goes into detail about a new article, article 70 (3), that was added to the general penal code no. 19, February 12, 1940 in the year 2006, which authorizes a judge to give increased penalty if the offense is directed at someone that is related or close to the perpetrator and their relations are thought to have affected the severity of the offense.
Í upphafi ritsins er fjallað um nýtt ákvæði, 3. mgr. 70. gr. alm. hgl., sem kom inn í almennu hegningarlögin nr. 19/1940 árið 2006, og heimilar dómara að þyngja refsingu ef verknaður beinst að karli, konu eða barni sem eru nákomin geranda, og tengsl þeirra þykja hafa aukið á grófleika verknaðarins.