PRESIDENCY OF THE REPUBLIC
REPUBLIC OF MALI
One People -One Goal -One Faith
LAW No.-01- 079 OF 20 AUGUST 2001 ON THE PENAL CODE,
The National Assembly deliberated and adopted during its session of 29 June,
2001
The President of the Republic hereby promulgates the law that reads
as follow;
PRELIMINARY PROVISIONS
ARTICLE 1: Penalties applied to render justice in Mali shall be divided into penalties for felonies,
misdemeanours and minor offences.
ARTICLE 2:Felonies shall refer to offences punishable under this code with a criminal sentence.
Minors offence shall refer to offences punishable under this code with a simple penalty.
Felonies shall refer to all others offences unless the laws states otherwise.
ARTICLE 3:Any attempted commission of a misdemeanour, displayed by the start of execution and suspended or
which failed to have its intended effect only because of circumstances unrelated to the desire of its perpetrator,
shall itself be considered a misdemeanour.
Any attempted commission of a misdemeanour shall be considered a misdemeanour only in instances
spelt out by a special provision of the law.
BOOK 1: PENALTIES
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PART 1 PENALTIES FOR FELONIES
ARTICLE 4: The following penalties shall apply to felonies:
1° Death;
2° Life imprisonment;
3° Imprisonment of between five to twenty years.
Any sentence for a felony shall automatically result in the loss of civil rights and a legal ban.
ARTICLE 5 : Pursuant to this legal ban, the property of the offender shall be managed and administered by a
legal guardian or an auxiliary legal guardian throughout the duration of his/her sentence. They shall later be
returned to him/her, and the legal guardian shall be accountable to him/her for administration.
ARTICLE 6:The loss of civil rights shall entail :
1° The destitution and exclusion of offenders from all positions, employments or public office;
2° The loss of the right to vote, be elected or be eligible; and generally of all civil and political rights, and the
right to wear any decoration;
3° The inability to be an assessor, expert, witness and to give evidence in court except to simply give
information therein -,
4° The inability to be part of any family council and be a legal guardian, conservator, auxiliary legal guardian
or legal adviser, except for one's own children, and with the assent of the family :
5° The loss of the right to bear arms, the right to serve in the Malian armed forces, to run a school or teach
and to work in any learning institution, as a lecturer, teacher or discipline master.
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