6°communicates to an unqualified person or makes public an information relating either to the measures taken to track down and arrest the perpetrators and accomplices of crimes or offenses defined in sections 1 and 2 of this chapter, or to the progress of the prosecution and investigation, or to the proceedings session of the courts held in camera. However, in peacetime, the offenses provided for in 3°, 4°, 5° and 6° under paragraph 1 of this article are punishable by imprisonment of one to five years and a fine of 500,000 to 5,000,000 francs. Article 155: Shall be punished by imprisonment for a term of five to twenty years, any person who: 1° by hostile acts not authorized by the Government exposes Côte d’Ivoire to a declaration of war or to reprisals; 2° by acts not authorized by the Government exposes Ivoirians to reprisals; 3° engages, with the agents of a foreign power, in intelligences to harm the military or diplomatic situation of Côte d’Ivoire or its main economic interests. Article 156: Any person who, in time of war, directly or through an intermediary, and in disregard of the prohibitions enacted, engages in trade acts or maintains correspondence or relations with agents of an enemy power, shall be punished by imprisonment for a term of five to twenty years. Article157: Any person who, in time of war, knowingly performs an act likely to be detrimental to national defense, which is not provided for or punishable by any other law, shall be punished by imprisonment for one to five years and a fine of 300,000 to 3,000,000 francs. Article 158: Any person who, in time of peace, with a view to harming national defense, interferes with the movement of military equipment, or by any means whatsoever, provokes, facilitates or organizes a violent or concerted action intended for the same purpose, shall be punished by imprisonment for a term of five to twenty years. Article 159: Anyone who, in peacetime, knowingly participates in a plan to demoralize the Armed Forces with the aim of harming national defense shall be punished by imprisonment for a term of five to twenty years. Article 160: Anyone who, in peacetime on the territory of the Republic and clandestinely enrolls or instructs with a view to enrolment, persons called to take arms on behalf of or on the territory of a foreign power, shall be punished by imprisonment for one to five years and a fine of 300,000 to 3,000,000 francs. Article 161: Attempts to commit the offenses provided for in this section are punishable.

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