If the breaking of the seal was committed with violence against persons, the offender is punished
with five to ten years of imprisonment.
Article 289: Anyone who, while legally detained, escapes or attempts to escape shall be punished
by imprisonment of three months to one year.
If the escape or attempted escape is made by the breaking of a prison or violence against persons,
the penalty shall be imprisonment for one to five years.
If the escape or attempted escape is carried out with weapons, the penalty shall be imprisonment
for two to ten years.
Any prisoner who escapes or attempts to escape from a health or hospital facility to which he has
been transferred, or while he is employed outside a prison facility or on permission, or during a
transfer, shall be punished with the same penalties and according to the distinctions provided for
in the preceding paragraphs.
Article 290: Persons responsible for the prison responsible for the custody or transportation of
the detainees shall be punished, in the case of negligence, by imprisonment for a term of ten days
to six months, and in the case of complicity, by the same penalties imposed on the detainee for
escape or attempted escape, according to the distinctions referred to in the preceding article..
In case of negligence, the arrest of the escapee within a period of four months from the date of
his escape shall terminate the public prosecution under the present article.
Article 291: No proceedings shall be instituted against persons who have attempted to procure or
facilitate an escape, if, before the escape is carried out; they have informed of the plan to the
administrative or judicial authorities and have revealed to them the authors of the plan.
Article 292: Anyone who, in violation of the regulations of the prison administration, hands over
or attempts to hand over to a detainee, in any place whatsoever, sums of money, correspondence
or any other objects, shall be punished by imprisonment for a period of fifteen days to six
months.
Any person who, under the conditions of the preceding paragraph, takes out or attempts to take
out money, correspondence or any other object from a prisoner shall be punished by the same
penalty.
Section 7: Hindering the functioning of public services
Article 293: Any person who is guilty of removing or destroying documents, papers, registers,
deeds or objects, regardless of their medium, contained in archives, registries or public
repositories, in pending or closed proceedings, or handed over to a public depository in this
capacity, shall be punished by imprisonment of one to five years.
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