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tIfltlJ4. CONTENTS
MP;E- *rrc,'lifiji/IMji Ct.9" Proclamation No. 141/1998
f:Iiif!iii fma~"~ ou~-Aa."'(DIJ?f?i'I) 1957 Penal Code (Amendment)
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*'I'C'ifftifIif!1{i PROCLAMATION NO. 141/1998
,f!ifij)itfm~1tr\~ ou.p~,a..,,~,'t\~~A 'fmtl)h'f1.~ A PROCLAMA TION TO PROVIDE FOR THE
AMENDMENT OF THE 1957 PENAL CODE
nma~t\~ ouk ih..,,,a,+f\ ~11;'.~la outtlthl WHEREAS, it has become necessary to amend, the
tBfla;rmJtla'i P'C4fI.1>ma f"'th'''bt\ID-.(''~tt'' 'M>f:f t\. '" provision of Article 802 of the 1957 penal Code, prohibiting
(jll'f.'ifp..~ ih1,;f) rlt.ia.?J"f ;JC'~a8.aftl)"''''?i'1fA n-Ila the publicity and distribution of contraceptives, in line with
the Economic and Population Policies of the Country;
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at\. Tf"k.f L.e..t.t'\ ceJl""h(,.ill.~~(, ToftI'\.h ih,,,oua NOW, THEREFORE, in accordance with Article 55(1)
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of the Constitution
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Ethiopia, it is hereby proclaimed as follows:

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The provision of sub-Article 'a' of Article 802 of the
if<!jf~it~'9"'fma,~l\~ oDk 1I1"',1\a+;t~fl at)!la 1957 Penal Code is deleted and the provision of sub-
"~~;t ~lJ' "'IPCfI 'f'~1J- Mt+-;t 10.'la ,"a+f\ 't\' Article 'b' of the same Article is replaced as Article 802.
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" 3. Effective Date
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This Proclamation shall come into force as of the 15thday
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Done at-~ddis Ababa, this 15thday of December, 1998.
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