ARTICLE 227: Whoever commits or attempts to commit the sexual act authorised by customs on a girl aged less
than fifteen, shall be punished with imprisonment between one to five years, without prejudice to penalties incurred
for felonies or misdemeanours committed while committing this act.
Those who, including parents, deliberately trigger the acts referred to in this article or knowingly help or
assist the perpetrator with the acts that prepare or facilitate this act, shall be considered accomplices.
PARAGRAPH IV: PEDOPHILIA
ARTICLE 228: Paedophilia shall refer to any act of sexual penetration or fondling of any kind, committed on a
minor aged less than thirteen, or any exposure or use for commercial or tourism-related purposes of pornographic
pictures, films or drawings showing one or several minors aged less than thirteen. This act shall be punished with
imprisonment of between five to twenty years and a fine between twenty thousand to one million francs.
If the offenders are the ascendants of the victim, or are responsible for his/her upbringing, custody or
are the employees of the persons named herein above, or if the felony was committed with help from several
people, the penalty shall be life imprisonment and a fine of between twenty thousand and one million francs.
However, the felony herein above shall not exist if the age difference between the perpetrator and the
victim is not above five years.
PARAGRAPH III: DESERTION OF THE MARITAL HOME DESERTION OF THE HOME OR CHILD AND FAILURE TO
PRESENT A CHILD
ARTICLE 232: A wife who abandons the marital home without compelling grounds or a husband who abandons
his spouse or child and refuses to provide for their keep shall be punished with imprisonment between fifteen days to
three months and a fine of between 20,000 to 120,000 francs, or only one of these two penalties.
ARTICLE 233 : Unduly refusing to present a minor to the person who has the right to demand this presentation shall
be punished with imprisonment of between eleven days to one year and a fine of between ten thousand to one
hundred thousand francs.
PARAGRAPH IV: REPUDIATION
ARTICLE 234: Repudiation shall refer to the expressed and unequivocal desire of a spouse to unilaterally
terminate the martial tie.
Any spouse found guilty of repudiation shall be punished with the penalties spelled out in article 232.
ARTICLE 235: In the cases provided for in the preceding articles 231, 232 and 234, criminal proceedings may be
filed only upon a complaint from the husband, wife or the person responsible for the child's custody. These
forenamed persons shall have the power to interrupt the criminal proceedings or the enforcement of the conviction.
The other spouse shall benefit from the withdrawal of the criminal proceeding.
PARAGRAPH V: INCREASING THE DOWRY - WIFE SWAPPING
ARTICLE 236: Whoever, by increasing the dowry, promises, donations, and any means whatsoever of
persuasion or corruption, gets or attempts to get, as his wife, a women or girl already betrothed to another man,
shall be punished with imprisonment of between three months to two years and a fine of between 20, 000 to
400,000 francs.
The seizure of the means used to corrupt shall be ordered.
The same penalties shall apply to those, including parents, who deliberately incite, help or assist the
perpetrator to carry out the act stated herein above.
These penalties shall also apply to those who are found guilty of wife swapping and their accomplices
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