(1) Whoever compels anyone to marry shall be punished with
imprisonment for from five to 10 (ten) years, and with fine of from CFAF
25 000 (twenty-five thousand) to CFAF 1 000 000 (one million).
(2) Where the victim is under the age of 18 (eighteen), the punishment
may not be less than 2 (two) years imprisonment, whatever the mitigating
circumstances.
(3) Whoever gives in marriage a boy or a girl under 18 (eighteen) shall
be punished as under the two last foregoing Subsections.
(4) Upon conviction, the Court may deprive the offender of parental
power and disqualify him from being the guardian or curator of any person for
the time prescribed by Section 31 (4) of this Code.
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