Section 157: Outrage against commander of civil or military authorities
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157. Outrage against commander of civil or military authorities
La peine sera de l’emprisonnement The punishment shall be imprisd’un an au plus, si l’outrage men- onment for a term not exceeding one
tionné en la section 156 a été dirigé year, if the outrage mentioned in
contre un commandant de la force section 156 has been directed
publique. against a commander of the civil or
military authorities.
[S. 157 amended by s. 8 (b) of Act 36 of 2008 w.e.f. 6 December 2008.]
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