Luxembourg Penal Code, Article 401bis
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Intended bodily harm against children under 14 and intended bodily harm against children under 14 by legal tutors or ascendants
Criminal Law
Applicability of the principle of extraterritoriality
No
Types of FGM addressed
This is no specified. However, FGM could be prosecuted under intended bodily harm causing a permanent illness, invalidity, the total loss of an organ or a severe mutilation, and punished by sentences from 10 up to 15 years, elevated up to life-sentence when those acts are perpetrated by a legal tutor or ascendant.
Number of court cases
Source
Anik Raskin, Conseil National des Femmes Luxembourgeoises (CNFL) (* National Women's Council of Luxembourg, and Official Journal), http://www.legilux.public.lu/leg/textescoordonnes/codes/code_penal/cp_L2...
Additional information
Date of entering into force
1971