Section 62: Stirring up civil war

62. Stirring up civil war L’attentat ou le complot dont le Any attempt or plot, the object of but sera, soit d’exciter la guerre civi- which is to stir civil war by arming le en armant ou en portant les habi- or by inciting the inhabitants to arm tants à s’armer les uns contre les themselves against one another, or autres, soit se porter la dévastation, carry devastation, massacre or plunle massacre, ou le pillage dans un ou der into one or more districts, plusieurs quartiers, shall be punishable by penal servitude for life or, where the Court is satisfied that compelling reasons exist which justify the imposition of a lesser sentence and has specified the reasons on the record of the proceedings, for a term not exceeding 60 years. [S. 62 amended by Act 31 of 1995; s. 3 (d) of Act 36 of 2008 w.e.f. 6 December 2008.]