Enacted parts

ARTICLE 431-16
(Ordinance no. 2000-916 of 19 September 2000 Article 3 Official Journal of 22 September 2000 in force 1 January
2002)
Organising a combat group is punished by five years' imprisonment and a fine of €75,000.
ARTICLE 431-17
The maintenance or re-establishment, whether secret or open, of a combat group disbanded under the
aforementioned Act of 10 January 1936 is punished by seven years' imprisonment and a fine of €100,000.
ARTICLE 431-18
Natural persons convicted of any of the offences provided for under the present section also incur the following
additional penalties:
1° forfeiture of civic, civil and family rights, pursuant to the conditions set out under article 131-26;
2° the complete or partial dissemination of the decision, or of an official statement informing the public of the
reasons and the contents of the decision, pursuant to the conditions set out under article 221-10;
3° area banishment, pursuant to the conditions set out under article 131-31.
ARTICLE 431-19
(Act no. 93-1027 of 24 August 1993 Article 33 Official Journal 29 August 1993)
Updated 12/10/2005 - Page 92/132

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PENAL CODE
Any alien convicted of any of the offences referred to under the present section may be banished from French
territory either permanently or for a maximum of ten years, pursuant to the conditions set out under article 131-30. 
ARTICLE 431-20
Legal persons may incur criminal liability for the offences set out under the present Section, pursuant to the
conditions set out under article 121-2.
The penalties incurred by legal persons are:
1° a fine, pursuant to the conditions set out under article 131-38;
2° the penalties referred to under article 131-39.
The prohibition referred to under 2° of article 131-39 applies to the activity in the course of which or on the occasion
of the performance of which the offence was committed.