Article 6 Federal Criminal Code

When a crime not provided in this Code is committed, but it is provided in a special law or in an international treaty of obligatory observance in Mexico, these shall be applied, taking into account the provisions of Book One of this Code and, as the case may be, the pertinent ones of Book Two.

When the same matter appears regulated by diverse provisions, the special shall prevail over the general.

In the case of crimes committed against girls, boys and adolescents, the superior interest of childhood shall always be sought, which must prevail in every application of law.