February 20, 2017
Description:
Art. 515:
Sanctioning whoever kidnaps a person male or female with the intention of fornication to temporary hard labor and if the act is committed then to seven years at least.
Art. 522:
The sentence of whoever marries the victim is remitted.
Art. 562:
Killing the other for committing adultery in flagrante delicto or illegitimate intercourse
Art. 627:
Punishment of the bar owner who employs in his bar young girls or women who are non family members and are below 21 years of age.
Art.753
Protection of minors from being in places projecting films or performances prohibited to children.
PROPOSED AMENDMENTS
Amendment of the law to make the sanction for the mentioned crime more severe.
Amendment to the law in order to cancel this article
Art. 562 of the penal code previously allowed the perpetrator of such a crime to benefit from an excuse that cancels punishment.
In accordance with law n◦ 7 dated 20/2/1999 this article was amended to read as follows:
“shall benefit from an attenuating excuse he who surprises his spouse or one of his parents or children or sister in a state of adultery in flagrante delicto or illegitimate intercourse and kills one of the two or harms him/her unintentionally”.
Amending the text of law to enlarge the category of persons covered by this article and to cancel the requirement of them being non-family members.
Amendment of the law to secure equality between male and female children and teenagers in the protection provisions stipulated for in this article.
CURRENT SITUATION
This article is still under revision in the Parliamentary Committees
This article is still under revision in the Parliamentary Committees
This article was cancelled in accordance with article 1 of law n◦162 dated 17/08/2011
The article is still under review in the Parliamentary Commissions.
This article is still under revision in the Parliamentary Committees
FUTURE STEPS
Pending follow-up at the Parliament.
Pending follow-up at the Parliament
Pending follow-up at the Parliament
Pending follow-up at the Parliament