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Section 259: Penalty for unlawful arrest in certain cases

Criminal Code · CHAPTER I: OFFENCES AGAINST THE PERSON

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259. Penalty for unlawful arrest in certain cases Dans chacun des cas suivants— In the following cases— (a) si l’arrestation a été (a) where the arrest has exécutée avec faux cos- been executed in false tume, sous un faux nom dress or a forged name, ou sous un faux ordre de or under a forged order l’autorité publique; from the public authority; (b) si l’individu arrêté, déte- (b) where the individual arnu, ou séquestré, a été rested, detained or semenacé de mort; questrated, has been threatened with death; or (c) s’il a été soumis à des (c) where such individual tortures corporelles, les has been subjected to coupables, any corporal torture, the offenders, shall be punished by penal servitude for a term not exceeding 20 years. [S. 259 amended by s. 8 (b) of Act 36 of 2008 w.e.f. 6 December 2008.]

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