Enacted parts

Participating in an insurrectional movement:
1° by building barricades, fortifications or by any construction whose objective is to prevent or obstruct the action of
the forces or order;
2° by occupying with open force or by deceit any building or installation, or by destroying it;
3° by assuring the transport, feeding or communications of the insurgents;
4° by inciting the insurgents to gather, by whatever means;
5° by personally carrying a weapon;
6° by usurping a lawful authority;
is punished by fifteen years' criminal detention and a fine of €225,000.
ARTICLE 412-5
(Ordinance no. 2000-916 of 19 September 2000 Article 3 Official Journal of 22 September 2000 in force 1 January
2002)
Participating in an insurrectional movement:
1° by securing weapons, munitions, explosive or dangerous substances or any kind of equipment, by violence or
threats, by plunder, or by the disarming the forces of order;
2° by providing the insurgents with weapons, munitions, or explosive or dangerous substances;
is punished by twenty years' criminal detention and a fine of €300,000.
ARTICLE 412-6
(Ordinance no. 2000-916 of 19 September 2000 Article 3 Official Journal of 22 September 2000 in force 1 January
2002)
Leading or organising an insurrectional movement is punished by life criminal detention and a fine of €750,000.
SECTION III
USURPATION OF COMMAND, RAISING ARMED FORCES AND
INCITEMENT TO TAKE UP ARMS UNLAWFULLY
Articles 412-7 to 412-8
ARTICLE 412-7
(Ordinance no. 2000-916 of 19 September 2000 Article 3 Official Journal of 22 September 2000 in force 1 January
2002)
The following are punishable by thirty years' criminal detention and fine of €450,000.
1° the unlawful or unauthorised assumption of any military command or of the keeping of such command against
orders by the lawful authorities;
2° the raising of armed forces without the order or authorisation of the lawful authorities.