Article 222 of the Penal Code

  Penal Code

The educator, doctor, authority or public official who, in the exercise of his profession or position, carries out the conduct described in the two previous articles, will incur the penalty indicated in them and, in addition, in the special disqualification for employment or position. public, profession or trade, from two to six years.

For the purposes of this article, the term physician includes doctors, midwives, nursing staff and any other person who performs a health or socio-health activity.

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Article 222 of the Penal Code Spanish refers to the assumption of childbirth or the alteration of the paternity, state or condition of the minor by an educator, doctor, authority or public official.

Article 222 of the Penal Code It is found within Title XII of Book II. More specifically in Chapter II, which refers to the assumption of childbirth and the alteration of the paternity, state or condition of the minor

  • Penal Code
    • BOOK II: Crimes and their penalties
      • Title XII: Crimes against family relations
        • Chapter II: Of the supposition of childbirth and of the alteration of the paternity, state or condition of the minor