Section 243: Castration under provocation
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243. Castration under provocation
Le crime de castration, s’il a été The crime of castration, where it
immédiatement provoqué par un ou- is provoked by any immediate violent
trage violent à la pudeur, sera consi- outrage on chastity, shall be deemed
déré comme meurtre ou blessures to be an excusable crime or wound.
excusables.
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- Is castration excused if it was an immediate response to a violent sexual outrage?