breach of military laws and regulations, shall be punishable with imprisonment of
one to five years and a fine of 15,000 to 200,000 francs.
ART.251.- will be punished by a prison term of one to three garlics and a fine of
15,000 to 200,000 francs, those who, by one of the means set forth in article 247,
will the apology of a crime or offense.
ART.252.- All cries and chants uttered seditious in places or public meetings, will be
punished by a prison term of two to six months and a fine of 15,000 to 75,000 francs,
or with only one of these two penalties.
Paragraph 2: Offenses against the public thing.
ART.253.- insulting the president of the Republic by one of the means set forth in
article 247 of this code shall be punishable by imprisonment of three months to one
year and a fine of 15,000 to 75,000 francs, or with only one of these two penalties.
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The penalties provided for in the preceding paragraph shall be applicable to the
offense to the person who exercised all or part of the prerogatives of the president
of the Republic.
ART.254.- The publication, dissemination. The disclosure or reproduction by a few
means that this is the new false, from parts manufactured, falsified or misleading are
allocated to third parties, will be punished by a prison term of one to three years and
a fine of 75,000 to 750,000 francs, when the publication, dissemination, disclosure,
reproduction, made or not in bad faith, will have led, disobedience to the laws of the
country or infringes the moral of the population or discredited the public institutions
or their operation.
The same penalties will also incurred when this publication, dissemination,
disclosure or reproduction have been likely to cause the same consequences.
In all cases, the perpetrators may be hit by a prohibition of residence for five years at
the most.
The procedure of offense is not applicable to the offenses provided for in this article
and in the previous article.
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