CPF · Article 272

Article 272 Federal Criminal Code

BOOK TWO · TITLE FIFTEEN. Crimes against Liberty and Normal Psychosexual Development · CHAPTER III. Incest

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

There shall be sanctioned with a penalty of from one to six years of imprisonment, the crime of incest when the ascendants have sexual relations with their descendants, as long as the latter are of legal age.

When the victim is a minor, the conduct shall always be understood as constituting the crime of rape.

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Federal Criminal Code, Article 272. https://articuladomx.com/en/federal-criminal-code/article-272/

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Corpus 2026.10.08