The National Assembly and the Senate have deliberated and adopted;
President of the Republic, Head of State promulgated the Act which reads as follows :
Chapter I General Provisions Article One
Fort values of Islam and their targets to release the man and ensure dignity and in conformity with constitutional principles prescribed in the constitution and international conventions thereto, and to embody the freedom of
man from his birth to his death, this Act aims to identify, prosecute and punish slavery.
Section 2: Slavery is the exercise of the powers of ownership or some of them on one or more persons.
The slave is a person, male or female, minor or major, which exercised the powers indicated in the preceding paragraph.
Article 3: Any discrimination in any form whatsoever against a person alleged
slave.
Chapter two: Crime and crimes of slavery
Section one: The crime of slavery
Article 4: Anyone who enslaves a person incites or alienate his freedom or dignity or that of someone in his office or under its supervision, to be reduced slave is punished
of imprisonment of five to ten years and a fine of five hundred thousand ouguiyas (500,000 UM) to one million of UM (UM 1000000).
The provisions of Article 54 of Ordinance No. 2005-015 on the judicial protection of the child
are applicable to anyone who abducts a child in view of exploiting as a slave.
The attempt of the crime of slavery is punished with half the sentence for the offense.
Section Two: Offenses
slavery Article 5: Any person who violates the physical integrity of a person alleged slave is punished with imprisonment from six months to three years and a fine of fifty thousand (50,000 MU) to two hundred thousand ouguiyas (200,000 CU).
Article 6: Any person who appropriates the property, the fruits and revenues resulting from the work of any person alleged slave or extort its funds is punishable by imprisonment of six months to two years and a fine of fifty thousand (50,000 MU) to two hundred thousand ouguiyas (200,000 UM)
Article 7: Any person who deprives a child alleged slave access to education shall be punished with imprisonment from six months to two years and a fine of fifty thousand (50,000 MU) to two hundred thousand ouguiyas (200,000 CU).
Article 8: Any person who fraudulently deprives a person of inheritance alleged slave is punished with imprisonment from six months to two years and a fine of fifty thousand (50,000 UM) UM to two hundred thousand (200,000 UM) or one of both.
Article 9: Anyone wife did marry or prevented from marrying, a woman alleged slave against her will is punishable by imprisonment for one year to three years and a fine of one hundred thousand (100,000 UM) to two five hundred miles UM (UM 500.00O) or to both.
If the marriage is consummated, the wife is entitled to use the dot doubled and may seek dissolution of marriage. Parentage of children is established in respect of the husband.
The provisions of Article 309 of the Penal Code are applicable to anyone who rapes a woman alleged slave.
Article 10: The author of cultural or artistic production glorifying slavery is punished with imprisonment from six months to two years and a fine of fifty thousand (50,000 MU) to two hundred thousand UM (200,000 UM) or one of both. The production is confiscated and destroyed and the fine is increased to five million UM (UM 5000000) if production is carried or transmitted by a corporation.
reproduction or dissemination of such production shall be punished by the same penalty.
Article 11. - Any person guilty of discriminatory acts a person alleged slave is punished by a fine of one hundred (100,000 UM) UM to three hundred thousand (300,000 CU).
Every corporation guilty of discriminatory practices against any person alleged slave is punished by a fine of five hundred thousand (500,000 UM) UM to two million (2,000,000 CU).
Article 12: Every wali, Hakem, chief district officer or police officer who does not respond to reports of slavery are brought to his notice, is punishable by imprisonment of two to five years and a fine of two hundred thousand ouguiyas (200,000 MU) to five hundred thousand UM (500,000 CU).
Article 13: Whoever utters in public, using abusive language against any person alleged slave is punished with imprisonment of eleven days to a month and a fine of five thousand (5,000 MU) at one hundred miles to UM (UM 100000) or one of both.
Chapter Three: Common Provisions
Article 14: Complicity and recidivism offense under this Act shall be punished in accordance with the provisions of the Penal Code.
Article 15: Any combination of the rights recognized by law is empowered to report violations this Act and to assist victims of them.
Once the information is brought to its attention and fear of being attacked, a judge must take urgent proficient, without prejudice to the bottom, all appropriate measures in respect of breaches referred by the this Act.
Chapter Four: Final Provisions
Article 16: The earlier provisions contrary to this Act are repealed and in particular the provisions of section 2 of Ordinance No. 81-234 of 9 November 1981.
Article 17: This law will be published after the emergency procedure and enforced as State law.
Nouakchott
Sidi Mohamed Ould Cheikh Abdallahi, Prime Minister Zeine Ould Zidane
Islamic Affairs Minister and Education Minister
Original
Acting Justice
Ahmed Vall Ould Saleh
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