Code 46 is a 2003 British film directed by Michael Winterbottom, written by Frank Cottrell Boyce, and starring Tim Robbins and Samantha Morton.

Access to the cities is highly restricted and regulated through the use of Bio-Passports, known as "papeles" in the global pidgin language of the day.

After interviewing numerous Sphinx employees, he identifies a young worker named Maria Gonzalez as the forger.

He visits the clinic and learns that Maria was pregnant and that the pregnancy was terminated due to a violation of U.N. Code 46.

William reveals to Maria that, in addition to the memory wiping, she has been "Bio-Conditioned" so that she suffers extreme fear in response to physical contact with the person who brought about the Code 46 violation.

Maria is more severely punished by being exiled "outside," to the desert, and stripped of human status, legally making her a wild animal.

Her memories are altered to make her believe that she is a murderer, as she is forced to live in slavery in the radioactive wastelands for the rest of her life.