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SECTION 173 — Defaulting Witness

(1) Any person regularly summoned as a witness in any proceeding who without just cause fails to appear or declines to take oath or to affirm, or to give evidence, shall be punished with imprisonment for from 6 (six) days to 3 (three) months and with fine of from CFAF 1 000 (one thousand) to CFAF 50 000 (fifty thousand). (2) Whoever, having publicly referred to a felony or misdemeanour and publicly proclaimed his knowledge of the offender or of his accessories, refuses to answer or evades the questions on such point of the judicial or legal officer having jurisdiction, shall be punished with imprisonment for from 6 (six) days to 1 (one) year or with fine of from CFAF 20 000 (twenty thousand) to CFAF 400 000 (four hundred thousand), or with both such imprisonment and fine.

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ARTICLE 173 — Témoin défaillant

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