CPF · Article 424

Article 424 Federal Criminal Code

BOOK TWO · TITLE TWENTY-SIXTH. Of the Crimes in Matters of Copyright

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

Imprisonment of six months to six years and from three hundred to three thousand days fine shall be imposed:

I.On anyone who speculates in any form with the free textbooks distributed by the Ministry of Public Education (Secretaría de Educación Pública);

II.On the publisher, producer or recorder who knowingly produces more numbers of copies of a work protected by the Federal Copyright Law (Ley Federal del Derecho de Autor) than those authorized by the holder of the rights;

III.On anyone who intentionally uses, for profit and without the corresponding authorization, works protected by the Federal Copyright Law.

IV.Repealed.

How to cite

Federal Criminal Code, Article 424. https://articuladomx.com/en/federal-criminal-code/article-424/

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Corpus 2026.10.08