Criminal Code (Cap. 9)

Criminal Code (Cap. 9), article 86

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86. Whosoever, without a lawful order from the competent authorities, and saving the cases where the law authorizes private individuals to apprehend offenders, arrests, detains or confines any person against the will of the same, or provides a place for carrying out such arrest, detention or confinement, shall, on conviction, be liable to imprisonment for a term from seven months to two years: Provided that the court may, in minor cases, award imprisonment for a term from one to three months or a fine (multa). Aggravating circumstances. Amended by: XLIX.1981.4; IV.1994.2; XVII.1996.19; XX.2005.10; LII.2020.2; LXIV.2021.3.

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