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-5. detention or imprisonment, the crime should be considered to be a felony conoeming the exeou- tion of the said legal consequences resulting from the judgment. The Ministry of Justice shall carry out this law which shall come into force 30 days after the date of its publication in the Offioial Gazette. IDRIS --- At Dar es-jalaam on 18th Saafa 1376 equivalent to 23rd September 1956. By Order of the King. Khalil el-Gallal. Abdel Rahmann, Acting Premier, Acting Minister of Justioe QSUPPLEMENT NO. 1: Artiole 29Rı Whenever the law provides that the penalty may be inoreased or deoreased within a specified limit for an aggravating or ex- tenuating oircumstanoe, the inorease or deorease shall come within the estimation of the penalty imposed by the judge unless the law provides otherwise. Artiole 70OR (a): The right of lawful defence shall not jus- tify resistance to public officials when they are oarıying out their duties in good feith, by order, acoording to their respeot- ive duties and offioes, even though they may de exoeeding the limits of their office, unlees there is fear that their acts may
-6- BUERLEMENT WO. - Continusdı cause death or serious injuries and that fear is based on reasonable grounds. Tne right of lawful defenoe shall not jus- tify intentional killing unless its aim was to prevent the followingi- i) An aot whioh it is feared may ceuse death or serious injuries, if that fear is based on reasonabla grounds. ii) An aot of oarnal connection or in- deoent assault by violence or threat. iii)The abduotion of someone. iv) A theft of the speoified thefts of felonies, v) The entering by night of an ocoupied house or one of its offices, In oases where the law provides for a heav- ier penalty for a plurality of offenders, it shall be established that the acoomplioe was present amongst this plurality at the time of oommission of the crim. If one judgment was imposed on a group of accused for one orims, whether they were offanders or aocomplioces, fines shall be imposed upon them individually and they shall also be colleotively responsible for payment of the proportional fine,
518 SUEFLEMERT W.] - Continuedı Axklole 15IR (a): In the oase of the handing over of a juven- ile according to Article 151 to other than his parents, or to those who are responsible for his expenses, it is the duty of the Judge to oblige the person legally respons- ible for the expenses to pay all or some of such expenses if the lat:ier is suffio- iently solvent. If the juvenile himself hs money, the judge should order that all or part of his expenses be paid from his own funds. In either oase the judge should speoify the amount and the dates of payment. If it has been ordered that a juvenile be handed over to his parents or to those who are responsible for his edusation and care scoording to Article 151, and during the ysar following the date of the order of handing over the juvenile oammits an offence, the person to whom he was handed over shall be fined an amount not exoeeding 1.1.50 if the second orime was a felony and not ex- ceeding kL.20 if it was a misdemeanour, The period of supervision of freedom shall be not less than 1 year unless the law pro- vides otherwise, taking into oonsideration Artiole 151 relating to supervision of juveniles.
UEPIAIENT I.) - Contimuedi Artiole 227Rs iole If the ain of a bribe is the committal of an act punishable by law by a heavier pen- alty than that deoided for bribery, the penalty shall be the one deoided for that act together with the fine deoided for bribery. The briber or intermediary shall be exempt from penalty if he informs the Authority of the orime before its oommission or before taking any action himself. If this inforn- ation is given after action has been taken, this should lead to the quilt of the other offenders. Whoever takes or accepts a gift or benefit with the intention of handing it to another, while having knowledge of the reason for this gift or benefit, shall be punished by detention for a period not exoeeding 1 year and a fine of not less than kL.20 and not exoeeding kL.100. This applies to the per- son who does not oarry out the oomplete act of intermediation concerning a bribe. Any public offioial asking or aocepting, either for himself or another, a gift or a promise of anything, without the knowledge or consent of his employer, on the understand- ing that he carry out or prevent one of the acts of his duties shall be punishable by detention.
-9. SUFELDENT W.1 - Continueda Artiole 398R (a): Any person against whom a judiciary judg- le b): ment has been delivered requiring mainten- ance payments by him to his wife, or his ascendants or descendants, or his brothers, or payment of custodian's fees or wet nurse'g hire or rent of a house, and who fails to pay when he is able to do so during a period of one month after being warned, shall be punished by a period of detention not ex- ceeding 1 year. If, after the judgment, a second oase is instituted against him for this offence, the punishment shall be a period of detention not less than 3 months and not exoeeding 2 years. In all oases, if the convicted person pays the acoumulated outstanding amount or offers a guarantee aoceptable ta the other party ooncemed, the penalty shall not be exeouted. Whoever fails to hand over a juvenile to another who has the right to ask this ac- oording to a judicial judgment or a deoision delivered ooncerning custodianship or main- tenance, shall be punished by a period of detention not exceeding 1 year or a fine not exoeeding %L.50. The same punishment ehall be imposed upon whoever, himself or through another person, abduots a juvenile
-10 - SUPPLBERT #0, } - Contimuedı Artiole 398R (0): although he might have the right of oust- odianship or maintenance acoording to the Judgment or decision, even though the ab- Auction was not carried out by fraud or violeme, Ro case shall be instituted conceming of- fenoes mentioned in Artioles 396, 397, 398, 398R (a) and 398R (b) except by complaint submitted by the prejudiced party. Any woman practising prostitution as a means of livelihood or for gain shall be punished by a period of detention not less than 1 year. Whoever opens or manages & house for the purpose of prostitution, or who helps in any manner whatscoever, shall be punished by a period of detention not less than 1 year and a fine of not less than AL.100 and not exceeding kL.300. Also, the place shall be olosed and all equipment and furniture shall be oonfiscated. A place shall be oonsidered as a place of prostitution and immorality if it is com- monly usod for this purpose. The following persons shall be punished by detention for a period of not less than 3 months and a fine of not less than LL.25 and not exceeding LL.300:- (8) Whoever lets or offers in any manner whateoever a house or other place for
- 1. SUEELBMENT WO.) - Cantinuedı Artiole 417R (o)ı the purpose of immorality or prostitu- tion, or for one or more persons to live in and exercise prostitution and immorality, whilst having kmowledge of thisz (b) Whoever possesses or manages a furnished house or room or a publio place open to the publio shall be oonsidered to have facilitated prostitution or immorality whether he does this by aocepting people for this purpose or by allowing on his premises incitement to prostitution or immorality. The provisions of the two preceding articles shall only be applied to places oonoeming which a deoision has been taken by the Coun- oil of Ministers after the approval of the province oansoerned. Whoever reoeives or hides stolen property or any property obtained by any means from a felony or a misdemeanour, having knowlodge of this, or who helps another to obtain some of the said property, shall be punished by detention for a period not exoeeding 2 years. If the offender knows that ths prop- erty which he has received or hidden is the result of a orime oarrying a heavier
-12- SUERLBENT W.} - Contimueds penalty, then the penalty for that crime shall be imposed upon him, Artio)e A465R (b)e Whoever finds lost movable property and Article 21: Artigle 22: detiole 29: obtains it with the intention of keeping it in his possession shall be punished by detention for a period not exoeeding 2 yegrs. Imprisonment is the confinement of a person in a place appointed for the purpose and his being made to work in the manner provided for 3y the prison regulation. Imprisonment shall not be less than 3 years and shall not exceed 15 years unless otherwise provided by law. Detention is the confinement of a person in a central or local prison for the period for which he is sentenced. This period shall not be less than 24 hours, nor more than 3 years unless otherwise provided by law. If there are extemusting circumstances in the oase the judge may reduce the penalty or sub- stitute another penalty for it in the following matterst- Imprisonment for life instead of sentenoe of death. Imprisonment instead of imprisomment for life. Detention for a period not less than 6 months instead of imprisonment,
Em SUPPLEMERT NO,2 - Continueds In all cases the judge is allowed, if the seid oircumstances have been fulfilled, to de- crease the penalty of orimes and misdemeanours to half of the minimum limit prescribed by law. Interdiction from civil rights is of two kindsı perpetual and temporary. Perpetual interdiotion debars the offender from the following rights and privileges unless the law provides otherwise:- 1) The right to vote for, or election to, any eleoted body, and from every other political right. 2) The right to retain any public office or to aooept any publio service unless it is compulsory service, or the retention of any qualifioation obtained in the oapacity of publio officer or in the public service. 3) The oapacity to act as a trustee or guard- ian, though the appointment be temporary, and every other right pertaining to trus- teeship or guamlianship. 4) Aoademic degrees and dignities, titles, deoorations and other publio marks of honour. 5) Every honorifio right attaching to any offices, services, degrees or titles, and from the qualities, dignities and deoom ations specified in the preceding numbers.
ae SUPPLDENT W.2 - Continueds Artiole 35: cle ‘ 6) The oapacity to assure or acquire any right, quality, service, title, degree, dignity, deooration or mark of honour, specified in the preceding numbers. Temporary interdiotion debars the offender from the oapacity to enter upon, exeroise or enjoy, while the interdiction lasts, the afore- said rights, services, qualities, degrees or honours specified in the preceding numbers. Interdicotion from the professions or art d=bars the offender from the oapacity to carry on, dur= ing the term of the interdiction, any profession, art, industry, commerce or trade, for which is required any special permit, qualification, authority or licenoe from any authority, and in- volves the revocation of any such permit, quali- fioation, authority or licence, 1) Temporary interdiction provided for in the preceding artiole results fron conviotion of a crime or misdemeanour oommitted by abuse of power or abuse of any profession, art, industry, commerce or trade, or breach of the duties attsched thereto, 2) Also, temporary interdiction shall deprive from retention of publio office or trustee- ship or guardianship; from judgmant given in felony or misdemsanour which has been oommitted as a result of abuse of power or breach of the duties attached to the public office or guardianship or trusteeship.