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SECTION 342 — Debt Bondage of Persons

In French Mise en gage des personnes

(1) Whoever subjects a person to debt bondage shall be punished with imprisonment for from 5 (five) to 10 (ten) years and with fine of from CFAF 10 000 (ten thousand) to CFAF 500 000 (five hundred thousand). (2) The penalties provided in Subsection (1) above shall be doubled where the offender is either an ascendant, a guardian or a person having even customary custody over the victim. (3) Whoever boards a person in debt bondage shall be punished with imprisonment for 10 (ten) years and with fine of from CFAF 10 000 (ten thousand) to CFAF 1 000 000 (one million). (4) The court may also impose the forfeitures provided for in Section 30 of this Code.
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Children and the family Felonies and misdemeanours against private interest

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ARTICLE 342 — Mise en gage des personnes

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