Enacted parts

ARTICLE 434-35-1
(Inserted by Act no. 2003-239 of 18 March 2003. Art. 73 II Official Journal of 19 March 2003)
To enter a prison institution or to climb its perimeter fence without authorisation under the legislative or statutory
provisions, or the permission of the competent authorities, is punished by a year's imprisonment and by a fine of
€15,000.
ARTICLE 434-36
Attempt to commit the misdemeanours referred to under the present paragraph is subject to the same penalties.
ARTICLE 434-37
Any person who has attempted to commit, either as a principal or as an accomplice, any of the offences set out
under the present paragraph is exempted from punishment if, having informed the judicial authorities or the penitentiary
administration, he has enabled the escape to be prevented.
Paragraph 3
Other offences against the authority of criminal justice
Articles 438-38 to
434-43
ARTICLE 438-38
(Ordinance no. 2000-916 of 19 September 2000 Article 3 Official Journal of 22 September 2000 in force 1 January
2002)
The appearance in a prohibited place by any person subject to area banishment is punished by two years'
imprisonment and a fine of €30,000.
The same penalties apply to any person subject to area banishment who evades any supervision measures ordered
by a judge.
ARTICLE 434-39
(Ordinance no. 2000-916 of 19 September 2000 Article 3 Official Journal of 22 September 2000 in force 1 January
2002)
Where a judgment has ordered as a penalty the public display of the sentence, the suppression, concealing or
tearing, in whole or in part, of the posters displayed is punished by six months' imprisonment and a fine of €7,500.
The judgment will order the renewed enforcement of the public display at the expense of the convicted person.
ARTICLE 434-40
Where a prohibition to undertake a social or professional activity referred to under articles 131-27 to 131-29 has
been ordered as a penalty, any breach of the prohibition is punished by two years' imprisonment and a fine of €30,000.