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Ley Nº 70 - Modifica un artículo del Código Penal referente al maltrato animal.

Country/Territory
Panama
Document type
Legislation
Date
2017
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Original source
Gaceta Oficial Nº 28.398, 31 de octubre de 2017.
Subject
Livestock
Keyword
Animal welfare Ranching/captive breeding
Geographical area
Americas, Central America, East Pacific, Latin America and the Caribbean, North-East Pacific, South-Eastern Pacific
Abstract

La presente Ley modifica el artículo 421 del Código Penal, que queda así: "Artículo 421. Quien, mediante actos de crueldad, cause la muerte o lesione gravemente a un animal usado como mascota será sancionado con prisión de dieciocho a veinticuatro meses o su equivalente en días-multa o arresto de fines de semana."

Full text
Spanish
Website
www.gacetaoficial.gob.pa

References - Legislation

Amends

Ley Nº 14 de 2007 - Código Penal de la República de Panamá. Texto actualizado.

Legislation | Panama | 2007 (2010)

Keyword: Access-to-justice, Court/tribunal, Offences/penalties, Environmental planning, Environmental audit, Data collection/reporting, Hazardous substances, Business/industry/corporations, Land-use planning, Policy/planning, Consumer protection, Fraud, Forest management/forest conservation, Timber, Timber extraction/logging, Cattle, Freshwater pollution, Pollution control, Groundwater, Water abstraction, Waterworks, Protected area, Trade in species, Wildlife products, Indigenous peoples

Source: FAO, FAOLEX