SECTION 307 — Abuse

(1) Whoever uses without having been provoked against any person in the circumstances of publicity described in section 152 any insulting expression, or contemptuous gesture or words, or invective without imputation of fact, shall be punished with imprisonment for from 5 (five) days to 3 (three) months 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) No prosecution may be commenced without the complaint of the injured party or of his representative by law or by custom, or continued after withdrawal of the complaint. (3) Prosecution shall be barred by the lapse of four months from the commission of the offence or from the last step in preparation or prosecution. (4) This section shall apply to abuse of the memory of deceased person in the circumstances prescribed by section 305 (5).