Enacted parts

ARTICLE 322-4
Attempt to commit the offences referred to under the present section is subject to the same penalties.
ARTICLE 322-4-1
(Inserted by Act no. 2003-239 of 18 March 2003 Article 53 1° Official Journal of 19 March 2003)
The act of collectively settling with the aim of establishing residence, even temporarily, on land belonging either to a
commune which has conformed to the obligations incumbent on it in accordance with the departmental plan provided for
by article 2 of Act no. 2000-614 of 5 July 2000 relating to the reception and settlement of travellers or which is not
included in this plan, or to any other owner apart from a commune, without being able to prove the owner's permission or
the permission of whoever holds the right to use the land, is punished by six months' imprisonment and a fine of €3,750.
Where the settlement is comprised of motor vehicles, they may be seized, with the exception of vehicles designed
for residential purposes, with a view to their confiscation by the criminal courts.
SECTION II
DESTRUCTION, DEFACEMENT AND DAMAGE DANGEROUS TO
PERSONS
Articles 322-5 to 322-11
ARTICLE 322-5
(Act no. 2002-647 of 10 July 2000 Article 7 Official Journal of 5 July 2000)
(Ordinance no. 2000-916 of 19 September 2000 Article 3 Official Journal of 22 September 2000 in force 1 January
2002) 
(Act no. 2004-204 of 9 March 2004 article 31 Official Journal of 10 March 2004)
Involuntarily destroying, defacing or damaging property belonging to other persons by an explosion or fire caused
by a failure to observe a duty of safety or care imposed by statute or regulation is punished by one year's imprisonment
and a fine of €15,000.
In the event of a deliberate violation of a duty of safety or care imposed by statute or regulations, the penalties
incurred are increased to two years' imprisonment and to a fine of €30,000.
Where this is a forest fire, or fire in woodland, heathland, bush, plantations, or land used for reforestation and
belonging to another person, the penalties are increased to two years' imprisonment and a fine of €30,000 in cases
provided for by the first paragraph, and to three years' imprisonment and a fine of €45,000 in cases provided for by the
second paragraph.
If the fire takes place in such natural conditions as to expose people to bodily harm or to cause irreversible
environmental damage, the penalties are increased to three years' imprisonment and to a fine of €45,000 in cases
provided for by the first paragraph, and to five years' imprisonment and a fine of €100,000 in cases provided for by the
second paragraph.
If the fire has caused another person a total incapacity for work not exceeding eight days, the penalties are
increased to five years' imprisonment and a fine of €75,000 in cases provided for by the first paragraph, and to seven
years' imprisonment and a fine of €100,000 in cases provided for by the second paragraph.
If the fire has caused the death of one or more persons, the penalties are increased to seven years' imprisonment
and a fine of €150,000 in cases provided for by the second paragraph.