entrusted, or from the places where the latter have placed him or her, shall be punished by
imprisonment for one month to one year and a fine of 50,000 to 500,000 francs.
If the convicted person has been deprived of parental authority, the prison sentence may be
increased to three years.
Section 5: Dangerous work by children
Article 433: Any person who knowingly makes or allows a minor to perform dangerous work ,
shall be punished by imprisonment of one to five years and a fine of 500,000 to 1,000,000 francs,
or by one of these two penalties only.
Shall be considered dangerous by nature or according to the conditions in which they are carried
out works prohibited to minors and listed by Order of the Minister of Labor.
CHAPTER 4: OFFENSES AGAINST THE FREEDOM AND TRANQUILITY OF
PERSONS
Section 1: Offenses against individual freedom
Article 434: Any person who, without an a warrant from legitimate authorities and except in
cases where the law orders the seizure of offenders, arrests, detains or subject to confinement one
or more persons, shall be punishable by imprisonment of five to ten years and a fine of 500,000
to 5,000,000 francs.
Attempt shall be punishable.
Article 435: The penalty shall be imprisonment for five to twenty years if, in the cases provided
for in the preceding article:
1° the detention or violence lasts more than one month;
2° the arrest is carried out with false uniforms, name, and position or on a false order of the
public authority;
3° the confinement is accompanied by a threat of death or violence;
4° the victim is conditionally released.
The penalty shall be life imprisonment if the arrested, detained or sequestrated persons have been
subjected to acts of torture.
Article 436: The penalty shall be imprisonment for one to five years and a fine of 100,000 to
1,000,000 francs, if the offenders, who have not yet been prosecuted, have released the person
arrested, detained or confined before the tenth day following the arrest, detention or confinement.
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