Section 259: Penalty for unlawful arrest in certain cases
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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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- Is unlawful arrest punished more severely if a fake uniform, fake order, death threat or torture was used?