بيد أن المادة 8 من البند الثاني من القانون رقم 17/798 تنص على أن:
However, under Title II, article 8 of Act No. 17,798, any person who organizes, belongs to, finances, equips, trains, incites or encourages the creation and functioning of private militias, combat groups or militarily organized parties shall be liable to any of the degrees of long-term rigorous imprisonment.