Law N° 2019/020 of 24 December 2019 to amend and supplement some provisions of law No.2016/7 of 12 July 2016 relating to the penal code

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TO AMEND AND SUPPLEMENT SOME PROVISIONS OF LAW
No.2016/7 OF 12 JULY 2016 RELATING TO THE PENAL CODE
The Parliament deliberated ànd adopted,
the President of the Republic hereby
enacts the law set out below:

OF 12 JULY 2016 RELATING TO THE PENAL CODE
The Parliament deliberated ànd adopted,
the President of the Republic hereby
enacts the law set out below:

SECTION 1: Law No . 2016/7 of 12 July 2016 relating to the Penal
Code is hereby amended and supplemented as follows:
"Section 241: (new) Contempt of race or religion
(1) Whoever commits a contempt, within the meaning of Section
152 of this Code, of the race or religion of one or many citizens or
residents shall be punished with imprisonment for from 6 (six) months
and with fine of from 5 000 (five thousand) francs to 500 000 (five
hundred thousand) Francs. (2) Where the offence is committed by means of the press or
wireless, radio, television or social media or any other means likely to
reach the public, the maximum of the fine provided for in subsection 1
above may extend to 20 000 000 (twenty million) Francs. (3) Where the offence is committed with intent to arouse hatred or
contempt between citizens, or residents, the penalties provided by the
foregoing subsections shall be doubled.

mmitted with intent to arouse hatred or
contempt between citizens, or residents, the penalties provided by the
foregoing subsections shall be doubled.

SECTION 241-1: (new) contempt of Tribe or ethnie group
(1) Whoever, by any means, makes hate speech against people or
incites them to violence due to their tribal or ethnie origin shall
be punished with imprisonment of from 1 (one) to 2 (two) years
and with fine of 300 000 (three hundred thousand) francs to
3 000 000 (three million) francs. (2) Where the benefit of mitigating circumstances is given, the
punishment provided for in Subsection 1 above shall not be less
than 3 (three) months imprisonment and the fine shall not be
less th an 200 000 (two hundred thousand) francs. Execution shall not be suspended except in case of diminished
responsibility of infancy. (3) Where the author of the hate speech is a Public Servant as per
the provisions of Section 131 of this Code, a leader of a political
party, of the media, of a Non-Governmental Organisation or a
religious institution, the punishment provided for in subsection 1
above shall be doubled an · roi!ig.ating_ _
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Section 2: This law shall be registered, published according to thé procédure of urgency,
and inserted in the Official Gazette in English and French./-
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