If the meeting, demonstration, procession or assembly is of an official nature or is organized by a
public authority within the scope of its powers, the penalty shall be imprisonment for three
months to one year.
If the offenders referred to in this article are carrying weapons, the penalty shall be imprisonment
for a term of six months to two years.
Section 4: Criminal gangs and concealment
Article 203: Anyone who joins a gang or participates in a gang agreement, regardless of the
duration or the number of members, with the aim of preparing or committing felonies or
misdemeanors against persons or property, shall be punished by imprisonment of one to five
years.
The felonies provided for in the preceding paragraph shall be punishable by a minimum term of
imprisonment of five years or more.
The penalty is imprisonment for five to ten years, if the offender has tools or means suitable for
committing offenses or if he is carrying weapons.
The offender, who, prior to any prosecution, reveals to the authorities the agreement or the gang
existence of the association benefits from the exculpatory excuse.
Article 204: Persons who, knowingly and without being forced to do so, usually provide shelter,
a meeting place, means of communication or tools to criminals who are part of the gangs or
agreement, as referred to in the preceding article, are punished as accomplices.
The provisions of paragraph 3 of the preceding article shall apply.
Article 205: Persons who, apart from the cases provided for in the preceding article, knowingly
give asylum to a person whom they know to have committed a felony or misdemeanor or whom
they know to be wanted for a felony or misdemeanor, or who protect or attempt to protect the
said person from arrest or investigation, in particular by concealing or destroying the object,
proceeds or instruments of the felony or misdemeanor or its evidence, or who help him or her to
hide or to flee, shall be punished by imprisonment for a term of one month to three years.
The provisions of the preceding paragraph shall not apply to the spouse, parents or relatives of
the person concerned up to and including the fourth degree, or to any person not depending on
the person concerned.
Section 5: Disbanded fighting groups and movements
Article 206: Any group of persons possessing or having access to arms, with a hierarchical
organization and likely to disturb public order, constitutes a fighting group.
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