In addition to the cases referred to in the preceding paragraph, any deletion, any
opening of correspondence addressed to third parties, made in bad faith, will be
punished with imprisonment for up to six days to one year and a fine of 15,000 to 1
00,000 francs or only one of these two penalties.
Second class
of abuse of authority against the public thing
ART.167.- Any public officer, member, agent or employee of the government, any
governor or agent of the governorate of some status and grade q(i it either, which
will be required or ordered" fact require or order the action or the employment of
the public force against the execution of an order or mandate of justice, either for
any other order from a legitimate authority, will be punished with a sentence of five
to ten years.
ART.168.- If this requisition or order were followed by their effect, the maximum
penalty will be pronounced.
ART.169.- The sentences in articles 167 and 168 shall cease to be applicable to the
officials or servants who would have acted by order of their superiors, that as far as
this order has been given by the latter for objects from their spring and on which it
was their due obedience hierarchical, in this case the penalties brought above will be
applied only to superiors who, the first, will have given this order.
ART.170.- If as a result of the so-called orders or requisitions, it occurs other
punishable offenses of more severe penalties than those expressed in articles 167
and 168, these more severe penalties will be applied to officials, agents or servants
guilty of having given the so-called orders or fact the say requisitions.
Paragraph 5: a few offenses relating to the holding of the civil status
ART.171.- without prejudice to the disciplinary sanctions where appropriate, the
officer of civil status who has knowingly or negligently omitted, to prepare acts or
who will, without
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