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SECTION 266 — Other Objectionable Publications

In French Publications équivoques

(1) Whoever publishes any account, save the judgment, of any affiliation, divorce or judicial separation proceeding, or of any prosecution for abortion, shall be punished with fine of from CFAF 20 000 (twenty thousand) to CFAF 6 000 000 (six million). (2) Whoever without the written permission of the authority responsible for prosecution publishes in any manner the suicide of a person aged under eighteen years shall be punished with fine of from CFAF 20 000 (twenty thousand) to CFAF 2 000 000 (two million); and on subsequent conviction within the meaning of section 88 of this Code, may also be punished with imprisonment for from 2 (two) months to 2 (two) years. (3) Whoever infringes section 23 (3) of this Code shall be punished with fine of from CFAF 10 000 (ten thousand) to CFAF 1 000 000 (one million). (4) Whoever publishes, whether by picture or in any other manner, without the written request of the officer preparing prosecution, the whole or any part of the circumstances of an offence of violence or committed against a child or against morals, shall be punished with fine of from CFAF 20 000 (twenty thousand) to CFAF 200 000 (two hundred thousand). SIDENCE DE LA REPUBLIQUE
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Felonies and misdemeanours against the general interest Public decency

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ARTICLE 266 — Publications équivoques

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Section 266 of the Penal Code /akn/cm/act/loi/2016-07-12/2016-007
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