THE adultery cannot be denounced by the other spouse. ART.330.- The husband convinced of adultery will be punished by a prison term of three months to two years and a fine of 50,000 to 150,000 francs, or only one of these two penalties. The accomplice of adultery will be punished with the same penalties. The other spouse will remain master to stop the proceedings and the effect of the conviction. The only evidence that can be admitted against the defendant and an accomplice, will be, in addition to the flagrant offense those resulting from the confession or letters or other parts written by the accused. ART.331.- The fornication or zina is prohibited. The fornication resulted from the flagrante delicto, established, according to the Koranic law by four male witnesses, pubescent, sane and trustworthy, which attest having seen the accomplishment of the act. The guilty of fornication will be punished by a sentence of one month to one year of imprisonment and a fine of 20,000 to 150,000 francs or only one of these two penalties. The unmarried woman, pregnant who door complaint admitted to this fact fornication is liable to the same penalties. The fathers and mothers or the people who can consent to the marriage of a minor girl of twenty-one years have only the possibility to file a complaint. ART-332.- In case of marriage celebrated according to the custom, the spouse"which without serious cause or out of the cases provided for by the so-called custom, abandons the matrimonial home, will be punished with a fine of 15,000 to 50,000 francs. The other spouse remains the master to stop the effect of this condemnation. Section6 illegal arrest or kidnapping 68 ART.333.- will be punished by the death of the work forces in time of ten to twenty years those who, without orders from the constituted authorities and outside the

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