Law No. 11 of 2004 Issuing the Penal Code

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Section: Abortion (315-317)
  • Article 315 

    Whoever assaults a pregnant woman and where the assault causes miscarriage, shall be punished with imprisonment for a term up to ten years in prison.


  • Article 316 

    Whoever intentionally aborts a pregnant woman by administering to her medication or by other means causing abortion shall be punished with imprisonment for a term up to seven years. The imprisonment term shall be up to ten years if the miscarriage occurs without the woman's consent or if the person executing the abortion is a doctor, a surgeon, a pharmacist, a midwife or any person working in fields related to medicine or pharmacy.


  • Article 317 

    Any woman who, without medical necessity, takes medicines that lead to miscarriage, or uses other abortion inducing means, shall be punished with imprisonment for a term up to three years.

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