Do you know what the law says in Portugal about leaving your children unattended for short durations? Not the law that has sprung up from this, but the law that was in effect at the time.
Here you are Seeker:
As posted by albym on 3A
Artigo 138.º Exposição ou abandono
1 Quem colocar em perigo a vida de outra pessoa:
a) Expondo-a em lugar que a sujeite a uma situação de que ela, só por si, não possa defender -se; ou
b) Abandonando-a sem defesa, sempre que ao agente coubesse o dever de a guardar, vigiar ou assistir; é punido com pena de prisão de um a cinco anos.
2 Se o facto for praticado por ascendente ou descendente, adoptante ou adoptado da vítima, o agente é punido com pena de prisão de dois a cinco anos.
3 Se do facto resultar:
a) Ofensa à integridade física grave, o agente é punido com pena de prisão de dois a oito anos;
b) A morte, o agente é punido com pena de prisão de três a dez anos.
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Sec.1: Whomsoever endangers the life of another person, either:
a) by placing that other person in a situation in which they cannot defend themselves due to being so placed; OR
b) by abandoning the other person in such a manner that they (i.e. those doing the abandoning) fail in their legal duty to guard, watch or aid the abandoned person;
will be punished with a term of imprisonment between 1 and 5 years.
Sec.2: If either (or both) of the above acts was done by someone holding legal guardianship of the victim then the penalty will be a term of imprisonment between 2 and 5 years.
Section 3 of Article 138 elaborates upon further possible consequences of the endangerment - i.e. grievous bodily harm or death - with corresponding penalties of prison terms between 2 and 8 years, and between 3 and 10 years, respectively.
A report thats been leaked by the way!!
