Section 138: Offences by public officers
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138. Offences by public officers
Hors les cas où la loi règle spécia- Except in those cases where the
lement les peines encourues pour law specially determines the puncrimes ou délits commis par les ishments incurred for crimes or misfonctionnaires ou officiers publics, demeanours committed by public
ceux d’entre eux qui auront participé officers or functionaries, those
à d’autres crimes ou délits qu’ils among them who participate in any
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étaient chargés de surveiller ou de other crime or misdemeanour, which
réprimer, subiront toujours le maxi- it was their duty to watch over, or
mum de la peine attaché à l’espèce to repress, shall always suffer the
du délit ou du crime. maximum of the punishment attached to that description of misdemeanour or crime.
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Questions this section answers
- Does a public officer face a harsher penalty for committing a crime they were supposed to prevent?