Article 226 Federal Criminal Code
BOOK TWO · TITLE ELEVEN. Crimes committed against the administration of justice · CHAPTER II. Improper exercise of one's own right
Current text · last reform published in the Official Gazette of the Federation (DOF) on 13 March 2026
Whoever, in order to make effective a right or alleged right that he must exercise, uses violence, shall be applied a prison sentence of three months to one year or from 30 to 90 days fine. In these cases, proceedings shall only be initiated by complaint of the offended party.