Criminal Code (Cap. 9)

Criminal Code (Cap. 9), article 542

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542. The complaint may be made by a spouse on behalf of the other spouse, by an ascendant on behalf of a descendant, by a descendant on behalf of an ascendant, by one of the siblings on behalf of the other, by any person on behalf of another person under his tutorship or care, by any administrator or representative o f any pious institution or other body corporate recognized by law, fo r any offence committed to the prejudice of such institution or body corporate, and by the immediate heirs for any offence committed against the person under whom they claim. Cases in which Police may proceed ex officio. Amended by: IV .1856.43; V .1868.33; XX.2005.20; XIII.2018.24.

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