(1) Whoever in any manner deprives another of his liberty shall be punished with imprisonment for from 5 (five) to 10 (ten) years and with fine of from CFAF 20 000 (twenty thousand) to CFAF 1 000 000 (one million).
(2) The punishment shall be imprisonment for from 10 (ten) to 20 (twenty) years in any of the following cases:
a) where the deprivation of liberty lasts for more than a month; or
b) where it is accompanied with physical or mental torture; or
c) where the arrest is effected with the aid of a forged order from a public authority or of a uniform unlawfully worn, or pretending an appointment not held.
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In force from 12 July 2016
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