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SECTION 44 — Addict or partially insane

In French Infirmité mentale

(1) Where an addict to alcohol or drugs, or a person suffering from mental sickness is convicted of a felony or misdemeanor punishable with 2 (two) years imprisonment or more and related to his addiction or mental condition, and where his liberty shall have been found to be a public danger, the competent court may order his confinement in a special health institution. (2) Such confinement shall not exceed 2 (two) years in the case of an addict to alcohol or drugs, nor 5 (five) years in the case of the mentally sick. (2)Such confinement may be earlier terminated by the court upon evidence by the competent medical authority that the liberty of the confined person is no longer a public danger. E - CONFISCATION
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ARTICLE 44 — Infirmité mentale

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