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ARTICLE 434-9
(Act no. 2000-595 of 30 June 2000 Article 1 Official Journal 1 July 2000)
The direct or indirect request or unlawful acceptance of offers, promises, donations, gifts or advantages, at any
time, by a judge or prosecutor, a juror or any other member of court of law, an arbitrator or an expert appointed either by
a court or by the parties, or by a person appointed by a judicial authority to carry out conciliation or mediation, in return
for performing or abstaining from performing an act of his office, is punished by ten years' imprisonment and a fine of
€150,000.
Yielding to the solicitations of a person described in the previous paragraph, or to a proposal of any offer, promise,
donation, gift or reward with a view to obtaining from such a person the performance or non-performance of an act
pertaining to his office at any time, is subject to the same penalties.
Where the offence referred to under the first paragraph is committed by a judge or prosecutor in favour or against a
person who is being criminally prosecuted, the penalty is increased to fifteen years' criminal imprisonment and a fine of
€225,000.
ARTICLE 434-10
(Ordinance no. 2000-916 of 19 September 2000 Article 3 Official Journal of 22 September 2000 in force 1 January
2002)
(Act no. 2003-495 of 12 June 2003 art. 3 I Official Journal of 13 June 2003)
The driver of a terrestrial vehicle, or a river or sea-going craft who, knowing that he has just caused or brought
about an accident, fails to stop and thereby attempts to evade any civil or criminal liability that he may have incurred, is
punished by two years' imprisonment and a fine of €30,000.
Where articles 221-6 and 222-19 are applicable, the penalties applicable under those articles are doubled, except in
cases provided for by articles 221-6-1, 222-19-1 and 222-20-1.
ARTICLE 434-11
(Ordinance no. 2000-916 of 19 September 2000 Article 3 Official Journal of 22 September 2000 in force 1 January
2002)
Any person who, having evidence that a person provisionally detained or sentenced for a felony or misdemeanour is
innocent, wilfully abstains from presenting the evidence before the administrative or judicial authorities is punished by
three years' imprisonment and a fine of €45,000.
However, any person who is late in bringing his testimony but does so spontaneously is exempt from penalty.
Also exempted from the provisions of the first paragraph are:
1° the perpetrator or accomplice to the offence that led to the prosecution, their direct relatives and their spouses,
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their brothers and sisters and their spouses; 
2° the spouse of the perpetrator or the accomplice to the offence that led to the prosecution, or any person who
openly cohabits with him.
Also exempted from the provisions of the first paragraph are persons bound by an obligation of secrecy under the
conditions specified by article 226-13.