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SECTION 300 — Tampering with Correspondence

In French Violation de correspondance

(1) Whoever without permission from the addressee destroys, conceals or opens another's correspondence shall be punished with imprisonment for from 15 (fifteen) days to 1 (one) year or with fine of from CFAF 5 000 (five thousand) to CFAF 100 000 (one hundred thousand), or with both such imprisonment and fine. (2) This Section shall not apply between spouses, to parents in respect of their children under 21 (twenty-one) years of age and unemancipated, or to guardians or persons responsible by custom in respect of their wards.
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Felonies and misdemeanours against private interest Private liberty and tranquility a - liberty

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ARTICLE 300 — Violation de correspondance

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Section 300 of the Penal Code /akn/cm/act/loi/2016-07-12/2016-007
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