SECTION 231 — Unlawful Public Meetings and Processions

(1) Whoever: a) takes part in the organization of any public meeting which has not been the subject of a prior declaration ; b) makes a declaration that is intended to mislead authorities on the conditions and purpose of the meeting ; c) convenes a procession in any manner whatsoever before filling the declaration or after it has been legally prohibited ; d) makes an incomplete or false declaration in order to conceal the conditions of the planned procession ; shall be punished with imprisonment for from 15 (fifteen) days to 6 (six) months and with fine of from CFAF 5 000 (five thousand) to CFAF 100 000 (one hundred thousand) (2) Whoever organizes any public procession without the required declaration or after the notification of legal prohibition shall be punished with the penalties provided for in Subsection 1 above.