CPF · Article 427 Quinquies

Article 427 Quinquies 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

Anyone who, knowingly, without authorization and for profit, suppresses or alters, by himself or through another, any rights management information, shall be sanctioned with six months to six years of imprisonment and from five hundred to one thousand days fine.

The same penalty shall be imposed on anyone who, for profit:

I.Distributes or imports for its distribution rights management information, knowing that it has been suppressed or altered without authorization, or

II.Distributes, imports for its distribution, transmits, communicates or makes available to the public copies of the works, interpretations, performances or phonograms, knowing that the rights management information has been suppressed or altered without authorization.

How to cite

Federal Criminal Code, Article 427 Quinquies. https://articuladomx.com/en/federal-criminal-code/article-427-quinquies/

Cite the Spanish official text. Use this English page as a reading aid.

Corpus 2026.10.08