31 March 2008)
10 years, regardless of the penalty applicable if found guilty of another crime. In such cases the offender may
not invoke orders from superiors in justification, and a confession obtained under torture may not be admitted
as evidence.
The concealment of the crime of torture shall be punished by the same penalty prescribed for the crime itself.
Article 3.– A public servant commits the offence of torture if, in exercise of their official functions, they inflict
severe pain or suffering, whether physical or mental, on an individual in order to obtain information or a
confession from the tortured individual or a third party, or to inflict punishment for an act which that individual
has or is suspected of having committed, or to coerce them into engaging or not engaging in a specific act.
Campeche
Discomfort or pain arising only from, inherent in or incidental to lawful sanctions, or arising from a legitimate act
of authority, shall not be considered torture.
State Act to
Prevent and Punish
Article 4.– Anyone committing the crime of torture shall be sentenced to a term of imprisonment of from 3 to
Torture
12 years, fined from 200 to 500 days' minimum wage and disqualified from holding any public office, position
or commission, for up to twice the length of the prison sentence.
Chiapas
The number of days' fine shall be determined in accordance with the provisions of article 26 of the State
Criminal Code.
Article 3.– A public servant commits the offence of torture if, in exercise of their official functions, they inflict
severe pain or suffering, whether physical or mental, on an individual in order to obtain information or a
confession from the tortured individual or a third party, or to inflict punishment for an act which that individual
has or is suspected of having committed, or to coerce them into engaging or not engaging in a specific act.
State Act to
Prevent and Punish
Article 4.– Anyone committing the crime of torture shall be sentenced to a term of imprisonment of from 1 to
Torture
12 years, fined from 100 to 500 days' minimum wage and disqualified from holding any office, position or
public commission, for up to twice the length of the prison sentence.
Article 135.– A public servant commits the offence of torture if, in exercise of their official functions, they
themselves, or using third parties, inflict severe pain or suffering, whether physical or mental, on an individual in
order to obtain information or a confession from the tortured individual or a third party, to coerce them into
Chihuahua
specific behaviour or to inflict punishment for an act which that individual has or is suspected of having
committed.
Criminal Code(as
amended on
Pain or suffering arising only from, inherent in or incidental to lawful sanctions shall not be considered torture.
15 May 2002)
Anyone committing the crime of torture shall be sentenced to a term of imprisonment of from 2 to 10 years,
fined from 30 to 200 times their wage, disqualified from holding any public office, position or commission, for
from two to eight years, and dismissed.
Article 3.- A public servant commits the offence of torture if, in exercise of their official functions, they inflict
severe pain or suffering, whether physical or mental, on an individual in order to obtain information or a
confession or to inflict punishment for an act which that individual has or is suspected of having committed.
Coahuila
Discomfort or pain arising only from, inherent in or incidental to lawful sanctions, or arising from a legitimate act
of authority, shall not be considered torture.
State Act to
Prevent and Punish Article 4.– Anyone committing the crime of torture shall be sentenced to a term of imprisonment of 3 to 12
Torture
years, fined from 50 to 500 days' minimum wage and disqualified from holding any public office, position or
commission, for up to twice the length of the prison sentence.
Colima
The number of days' fine shall be determined in accordance with the provisions of article 65 of the Criminal
Code of the state of Coahuila.
Article 3.–A public servant commits the offence of torture if, on account of or in exercise of their official
functions, they inflict severe pain or suffering on an individual, or harm their physical and/or mental integrity, in
order to obtain from the tortured individual or a third party information or a confession or to coerce them into
engaging or not engaging in a specific act.
Discomfort or pain inherent in or incidental to a legitimate act of authority, shall not be considered torture.
State Act to
Prevent and Punish Article 4.–Anyone committing the crime of torture shall be sentenced to a term of imprisonment of from 1 to 10
Torture
years, fined from 50 to 500 days' minimum wage and disqualified from holding any public office, position or
commission, for up to twice the length of the prison sentence, regardless of any penalty imposed on account of
other offences.The number of days' fine shall be determined in accordance with the provisions of article 30 of
the State Criminal Code.
A public servant commits the offence of torture if, in exercise of their official functions, they inflict severe pain or
Federal District
suffering, whether physical or mental, on an individual in order to obtain information or a confession from the
tortured individual or a third party, or to inflict punishment for an act which that individual has or is suspected of
Federal Act to
having committed, or to coerce them into engaging or not engaging in a specific act.
Prevent and Punish
Torture
Discomfort or pain arising only from, inherent in or incidental to lawful sanctions, or arising from a legitimate act
of authority, shall not be considered torture.
Article 197.– A public servant inflicting severe pain or suffering, whether physical or mental, in the exercise of
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