Article 189: The compensation received by the convict or its value are acquired by the Treasury
by the decision of conviction.
Article 190: In the event of conviction for any of the offenses provided for in this chapter, the
judge shall pronounce the deprivation of rights and the prohibition of appearing in certain places
provided for in Articles 68 to 72, 80 and 8.
CHAPTER 4: OFFENSES AGAINST THE PUBLIC PEACE AND TRANQUILITY
Section 1: Gatherings
Article 191: Constitute a gathering:
1° any armed grouping of persons on the public highway or in a public place; the gathering is
armed if at least one of the individuals in it is carrying a weapon;
2° any unarmed grouping of persons on the public highway or in a public place likely to disturb
public order or public peace.
The gathering shall be dispersed by force after the competent administrative authority or a law
enforcement officer wearing the insignia of his office has twice ordered the persons participating
in the gathering to disperse, using any means likely to inform them effectively.
The gathering may also be dispersed by force and without warning if law enforcement officials
are targets of violence or assault.
Article 192: Shall be punished by imprisonment of two months to one year and a fine of 100,000
to 1,000,000 francs, any unarmed person who is part of a gathering and does not quit it after the
first warning.
Imprisonment shall be from six months to three years and a fine of 200,000 to 2,000,000 francs if
the unarmed person continues to voluntarily take part in an armed gathering which was dispersed
only after of the use of force.
Article 193: Anyone found carrying a weapon in an armed gathering shall be punished by
imprisonment for six months to three years and a fine of 200,000 to 2,000,000 francs.
Imprisonment shall be from one to five years and a fine of 300,000 to 3,000,000 francs in the
case of a gathering dispersed by force.
Any person who continues to be part of an assembly after the second warning by a representative
of the public authorities may be sentenced to payment of the damage due to the gathering.
Article 194: Any direct provocation under the conditions provided for in article 184 to an
unarmed gathering is punishable by imprisonment of one month to one year and a fine of
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