Enacted parts

ARTICLE 432-7
(Ordinance no. 2000-916 of 19 September 2000 Article 3 Official Journal of 22 September 2000 in force 1 January
2002)
Discrimination defined by article 225-1, committed in respect of a natural or legal person, by a person holding public
authority or discharging a public service mission, in the discharge or on the occasion of that office or mission, is
punished by five years' imprisonment and a fine of €75,000 where it consists:
1° of refusing the benefit of a right conferred by the law;
2° of hindering the normal exercise of any given economic activity.
Paragraph 3
Of offences against the inviolability of the domicile
Article 432-8
ARTICLE 432-8
(Ordinance no. 2000-916 of 19 September 2000 Article 3 Official Journal of 22 September 2000 in force 1 January
2002)
Entering or attempting to enter another person's residence against his will, except in cases where the law provides,
by a person holding public authority or discharging a public service mission, acting in the exercise or on the occasion of
his office or mission, is punished by two years' imprisonment and a fine of €30,000.
Paragraph 4
Violating the confidentiality of correspondence
Article 432-9
ARTICLE 432-9
(Ordinance no. 2000-916 of 19 September 2000 Article 3 Official Journal of 22 September 2000 in force 1 January 2002;
Act n. 2004-669 of 9 July 2004 Article 121, Official Journal 10 July 2004)
Except where provided for by law, the ordering, committing or facilitation of the misappropriation, suppression or
opening of correspondence, and the disclosure of the contents of such correspondence, by a person holding public
authority or discharging a public service mission acting in the course of or on the occasion of his office or duty, is
punished by three years' imprisonment and a fine of €45,000.
The same penalties apply to the persons referred to under the previous paragraph, or to employees of electronic
communication networks open to the public, or to employees of a supplier of telecommunication services, who, acting in
the performing of their office, order, commit or facilitate, except where provided for by law, any interception or
misappropriation of correspondence sent, transmitted or received by a means of telecommunication, or the use or the
disclosure of its contents.
SECTION III
BREACHES OF THE DUTY OF HONESTY
Articles 432-10 to
432-16
Paragraph 1
Improper demands or exemptions in relation to taxes
Article 432-10