PARAGRAPH IV: ABORTION ARTICLE 211: It shall be strictly prohibited to commit abortion, which entails using any means or substance to cause the premature expulsion of the foetus, no matter at what period of the pregnancy this expulsion is carried out, for any reason other than to protect the life of the pregnant woman. Excluding the cases where it is carried out on therapeutic grounds, the abortion referred to herein above considered deliberate, attempted or carried out successfully in any manner whatsoever, either by the pregnant women, or a third party even with her consent, shall be punished with imprisonment of between one to five years, and optionally a fine of between 20,000 and 1,000,000 francs as well as residency prohibition between one to ten years. ARTICLE 212 :Doctors, health officials, midwives, surgeons, dentists, pharmacists, as well as students or the employees of a pharmacy, herbalists, orthotists, dealers in surgical equipment, who show, encourage or provide the means for the performance of the abortion as defined in the previous article, shall be sentenced with the penalties provided for in article 213. Offenders may also be suspended for five years at least or be banned indefinitely from practising their profession. Whoever violates the ban on practising his/her profession, ordered pursuant to the previous sub paragraph, shall be punished with imprisonment of between six months at least to two years at most and a fine of between 20,000 francs at least to 1, 200, 000 francs at most, or only one of these two penalties. PARAGRAPH V: CLINICAL TRIALS AND OTHER PRACTICES HARMFUL TO HEALTH ARTICLE 213: Whoever, without criminal intent, deliberately administers to someone substances or carries out on this person, even with his/her consent, practices or manoeuvres that detect or could detect a disease or an incapacity for work, shall be punished with imprisonment of between six months to three years, and optionally a fine of between 20,000 to 200,000 francs as well as a residency prohibition of between one to ten years. Should the practices or manoeuvres result in disease or permanent incapacitation, the penalty shall be imprisonment of between five to ten years. A residency prohibition of between five to ten years may also be ordered. Should death result from the practices or manoeuvres, the penalty shall be imprisonment of between five to twenty years, and optionally, a residency prohibition of between one to twenty years. SECTION IV: JUSTIFICATIONS – EXCUSES ARTICLE 214: If the murder and violence spelled out in article 202, and sub paragraphs 2, 3 and 4 of article 207 of this code are caused by serious violence inflicted on people, the penalty shall be the one stated in sub paragraph one of the said article 207. ARTICLE 215: The felonies stated in the preceding article shall be pardonable and incur the penalties provided for in sub paragraph one of article 207 of this code, if they are committed while pushing back, during the day, a break-in into a house or its outhouses, notably by climbing or breaking walls, fences or entrances. ARTICLE 216: Parricide shall never be pardonable. ARTICLE 217: No felony or misdemeanour shall be found to exist when homicide, battery, violence and physical attack were triggered by a current need or legitimate defence of one's self or another. 38

Select target paragraph3

Connect to a paragraph
Connect to an entity
Disable highlights
Add to table of contents