instruction given to another member of the military, shall be punished by two months to two
years of military detention.
The penalty may be increased to five years if the act is committed either in wartime, or in a
territory under siege or in a state of emergency, or in the presence of the enemy, rebels or an
armed band, or when the safety of a military establishment, a ship or an aircraft is at stake.
Article 560: Any military person convicted of sleeping while on duty shall be punished by two to
six months of military detention.
The penalty shall be five to ten years of military detention if the acts take place in one of the
situations provided for in the second paragraph of the preceding article.
Article 561: Any soldier who intentionally fails to carry out a mission for which he is responsible
shall be punished with life imprisonment if the mission relates to war operations against the
enemy, rebels or an armed group.
If the mission is failed through negligence, the convict shall be punished by one to three years of
military detention and if he is an officer, military dismissal may also be pronounced.
Article 562: The penalties provided for in the second paragraph of the preceding article shall be
applicable to any military person who, through negligence:
1° allows himself to be under the sway of the enemy, rebels or an armed band;
2° separates from his superior in the presence of the enemy, rebels or an armed band;
3° is the cause of the taking over by the enemy, the rebels or an armed band of the building, ship
or aircraft under his command or on board which he is embarked.
Article 563: Any person in charge of a navy force or vessel has a professional obligation to
provide assistance or rescue to any vessel or ship in distress, under the conditions provided for
and in accordance with penalties in article 391.
Any person in charge of an Ivorian vessel has the same obligation with regard to vessels in
distress.
BOOK III: FINAL PROVISIONS
Article 564: Law No. 8l-640 of 31 July 1981 instituting the Penal Code and Law No. 98-757 of
23 December 1998 on the criminalization of certain forms of violence against women are
repealed.
Article 565: This law shall be published in the Official Gazette of the Republic of Côte d’Ivoire
and enforced as a State law.
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