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If the escaped detainee meets the conditions provided for in paragraph two of this article, imprisonment
of between two to six months.
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If the escaped detainee meets the conditions provided for in paragraph three of this article, imprisonment of
between eleven days to three months.
ARTICLE 159: Detainees who escape or attempt to escape by breaking out of prison or violence shall, on this
ground alone, be punished imprisonment of between six months to two years. They shall start to serve this sentence
immediately upon the expiry of the one they received for the felony or misdemeanour for which they were detained,
or immediately after the decision or ruling that acquits or discharges them from the said felony or misdemeanour, all
without prejudice to the sentences that they face for the felonies committed during this violence.
ARTICLE 160:The sentences referred to in article 158 shall cease when the escaped convicts
are caught.
SECTION VI: BREAKING SEALS
ARTICLE 161: Whoever intentionally breaks or removes seals, or posters which administrative or legal authorities
use to deny access premises or prevent the removal of objects, shall be punished with imprisonment of between
three months to three years.
If the seals are broken by the person tasked with guarding them, he/she shall be punished imprisonment
of between one to five years. If he/she is convicted of mere negligence, the sentence shall be imprisonment of
between eleven days to six months.
In the cases provided for in the first sub paragraphs of this article, the offender shall be ordered to pay a
fine of between 50,000 to 200,000 francs.
ARTICLE 162: Any robbery committed by breaking seals shall be considered as robbery committed with break-in.
ARTICLE 163:Negligent registrars, notaries and other custodians shall be punished with imprisonment of between
three months to one year and a fine of between 100,000 to 500,000 francs, for the theft, destruction, removal of
documents in criminal proceedings or other papers, registers, certificates or things contained in the archives,
registrar's office or public warehouse or handed to a public custodian in this capacity.
ARTICLE 164: Whosoever is guilty of the theft, misappropriation, removal, alteration or destruction stated in the
previous article shall be punished with imprisonment of between five to ten years, and optionally residency
prohibition of between five to ten years
If the custodian is the perpetrator of the offence, he/she shall be punished with imprisonment of between
five to twenty years, and residency prohibition of between five to twenty years.
If the theft, misappropriation, removal, alteration or destruction referred to in the first sub paragraph of
this article are committed with violence inflicted on people or property, the offender shall be punished with
imprisonment of between five to twenty years, and a residency prohibition of between five to twenty years.
SECTION VII: DEFACING MONUMENTS
ARTICLE 165: Whoever wilfully destroys, shoots, mutilates, or defaces monuments, statues and other buildings
meant for public use and decoration, shall be punished with imprisonment of between one to two months and a
fine of between 20,000 to 400,000 francs.
SECTION VIII: IMPERSONATION
ARTICLE 166: Whoever, without position, impersonates civilian or military positions, or performs any one of these
duties, shall be punished with imprisonment of between two to five years, without prejudice to other sentences
incurred for felonies.
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