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Structural division: BOOK V › CHAPTER I › Section I
Article 547 — Abortion Procured by Another.
Revised Criminal Code (English)
Article text
(1) Whoever contrary to the law performs an abortion on another, or assists in the commission of the crime, is punishable with simple imprisonment.
(2) Rigorous imprisonment shall be from three years to ten years, where the intervention was effected against the will of the pregnant woman, or where she was incapable of giving her consent, or where such consent was extorted by threat, coercion or deceit, or where she was incapable of realizing the significance of her actions.
(3) A pregnant woman who consents to an act of abortion except as is otherwise permitted by law, is punishable with simple imprisonment.
Article 6
Exception: Application of the More Favourable Law.