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Structural division: BOOK IV › party › CHAPTER III
Article 464 — Mutiny of Prisoners.
Revised Criminal Code (English)
Article text
(1) Whoever, being lawfully confined in any place, takes part jointly in riots or disturbances with intent:
a) to coerce, by force or intimidation, the governor, an official or a warder of the institution, or any other person responsible for its administration or for supervision, to perform or to refrain from performing, any act contrary to their duty; or
b) to attack any of the above persons while in the discharge of their duties; or
c) to escape by means of violence to persons or property, is punishable with simple imprisonment from three months to five years, in addition to the sentence being served or to be pronounced.
(2) The person who has organized or directed the mutiny is punishable:
a) with rigorous imprisonment not exceeding five years where no act of coercion or violence has been committed; or
b) where acts of coercion or violence have been committed, with rigorous imprisonment not exceeding ten years, subject to the application of more severe specific provisions where appropriate.
(3) Where acts of violence or injuries have been done to persons or property, the general provisions relating to increase of sentence in the case of a combination of, or of concurrent, crimes (Arts. 62 and 63) shall be applicable.
Article 6
Exception: Application of the More Favourable Law.