CPF · Article 178

Article 178 Federal Criminal Code

BOOK TWO · TITLE SIX. Crimes Against the Authority · CHAPTER I. Disobedience and resistance by private individuals

Current text · last reform published in the Official Gazette of the Federation (DOF) on 13 March 2026

To whoever, without legitimate cause, refuses to provide a service of public interest to which the Law obliges them, or disobeys a legitimate mandate of the authority, fifteen to two hundred working days in favor of the community shall be applied.

To whoever disobeys the mandate of house arrest or the prohibition to leave a geographic demarcation, issued by competent judicial authority, six months to two years of imprisonment and ten to two hundred days fine shall be imposed.

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Federal Criminal Code, Article 178. https://articuladomx.com/en/federal-criminal-code/article-178/

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Corpus 2026.10.08