When the same act is regulated by several criminal provisions:\n(a) The special provisions shall prevail over the general provisions.\n(b) The provisions of broader scope in the protection of the legal good shall absorb the provisions of a narrower scope and the former shall apply.\n(c) The subsidiary provisions shall only apply in the default of the principal, if said subsidiarity is expressly stated or inferred.\nHistory —June 18, 2004, No. 149, § 12, eff. May 1, 2005.
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