These fines shall also apply to any debtor, borrower or third party pledger who destroys, embezzles or attempts to destroy or embezzle property he/she has given as pledge. PARAGRAPH Il: DISPOSAL OF ANOTHER'S PROPERTY ARTICLE 273: Selling or pledging another person's property in bad faith shall be punished with imprisonment of between one to five years at most and possibly a fine of between 180,000 to 1,800,000 francs. ARTICLE 274: Whoever, by force or through fraudulent practices, dispossesses another of a real estate property shall be punished with imprisonment of between one month to five years, and optionally a fine of between 20,000 to 300,000 francs without prejudice, where appropriate, to penalties that could be incurred for armed gathering, violence and assault, threat, swindling and other offences. An attempt to commit this felony shall be liable to the same punishment as the commission of the felony itself. SECTION V: SWINDLING AND RELATED OFFENCES PARAGRAPH 1: SWINDLING ARTICLE 275: Whoever uses either fake names, fake titles or fake positions, fraudulent manoeuvres, blatant lies, to convince people about the existence of fake companies, an imaginary power or credit, or to create hope or fear about success or an accident or any other concocted event, receives funds or attempts to receive funds, titles, objects or household effects and swindles, through one of these means, or attempts to swindle all or part of another person's fortune, or obtains services, shall be punished with imprisonment of between one to five years, and optionally a fine of between 120,000 to 1,200,000 francs. These penalties shall apply to any person who gives out or attempts to give out, for marriage, a girl who is already married or betrothed or over whom custom gives him/her no right or collects or attempts to collect part of her dowry. . 47

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