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Article 70

Des Qualités et Conditions requises pour contracter Mariage

Criminal Law
Titre V: Du Mariage (On Marriage)
Chapitre I: Des Qualités et Conditions requises pour contracter Mariage (On the Qualities and Conditions Required to Contract Marriage)

Tout lieutenant de juge qui aura dérogé aux présentes dispositions, sera, à la diligence de qui de droit et du procureur du roi près la sénéchaussée du ressort, condamné à une amende de cinquante gourdes, qui seront versées dans la caisse des octrois, et de plus à une détention qui ne pourra excéder six mois.

Life lesson: A judge who marries children without their parents' consent has failed the most basic trust of his office.
Notes: 50-gourde fine plus up to 6 months' detention for judges who perform marriages in violation of parental consent requirements. Both civil and criminal penalty. Prosecution by the king's prosecutor.
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