Any attempt made on someone's life through the effects of substances that can cause death more or less
promptly, irrespective of how these substances were used or administered and no matter the effects, shall be
referred to as poisoning.
ARTICLE 200 : Whoever commits wilful murder, parricide or poisoning shall be punished with death.
However, a mother, acting as the principal or an accomplice in the wilful murder of her newborn baby shall
be punished with life imprisonment or imprisonment of between five to twenty years, without this provision applying
to her co-perpetrators or accomplices.
In any case, a mother who commits this same crime again shall be punishable with death.
Any criminal who uses torture or commits barbaric acts to perpetrate his/her felony, irrespective of how
they are called, shall be punished as guilty of wilful murder.
ARTICLE 201: The death penalty shall apply for murder when it is preceded, accompanied or followed by another
felony or misdemeanour.
The death penalty shall apply to murder when it is intended to enable escape or ensure the impunity of the
perpetrators or accomplices to this felony or misdemeanour.
Also, the death penalty shall apply to murder when it is committed as a ritual, for speculation or when it is
committed by setting the victim on fire.
Those guilty of murder or wilful murder shall also be banned definitely from the professional activity they
practised on the occasion of which or in the course of which the offence was committed.
In any case, whoever is guilty of murder shall be punished with life imprisonment. A residency prohibition
between five to twenty years may also be ordered.
ARTICLE 2 02 :Intentional assault, battery and violence, inflicted without the intention to cause death, but which
nevertheless has this effect, shall be punished with imprisonment of between five to twenty years, and
optionally residency prohibition of between one to twenty years.
In case there is premeditation or lying-in-wait, the penalty shall be life imprisonment.
ARTICLE 203: Involuntary homicide committed or caused by mistake, negligence, inattentiveness or noncompliance with regulations, shall be punished with imprisonment of between six months to five years and a fine of
between 50,000 to 500,000 francs or only one of these two penalties.
SECTION Il: DESECRATION OF GRAVES AND
BURIAL PLACES - HARVESTING AND TRAFFICKING
ORGANS AND HUMAN REMAINS
ARTICLE 204: Whosoever desecrates a grave, burial place or corpse, even if the latter is buried, shall be punished
with imprisonment of between one to five years as well as a fine of between 50,000 to 200,000 francs.
ARTICLE 205: When mutilation or organ harvesting take place in the wake of the desecration of a grave, burial
place or corpse, the penalty shall be imprisonment of between one to five years, and optionally a fine of between
300,000 to 1,000,000 francs.
ARTICLE 206: Whosoever traffics human remains shall be punished with imprisonment of between six months to
three months and a fine of between 300,000 to 500,000 francs, or only one of these two penalties.
Should this trafficking involve a human organ, the penalty shall be imprisonment of between five to ten
years, without prejudice to harsher penalties in the event of homicide.
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