Enacted parts

ARTICLE 442-7
(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 received forged or counterfeited money referred to under article 442-1 believing them to be
genuine, returns them to circulation after discovering their falsity is punished by a fine of €7,500.
ARTICLE 442-8
Attempt to commit the misdemeanours referred to under the first paragraph of article 442-2 and under articles 442-3
to 442-7 is subject to the same penalties.
ARTICLE 442-9
Any person having attempted to commit one of the offences set out under the present Chapter is exempt from
penalty if, having informed the judicial or administrative authorities, he has made it possible to prevent the offence and,
where relevant, to identify the other offenders. 
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PENAL CODE
ARTICLE 442-10
The custodial sentence incurred by the perpetrator or accomplice to the offences set out under articles 442-1 to
442-4 is reduced by half where, having informed the judicial or administrative authorities, he has made it possible to
prevent the offence and, where relevant, to identify the other offenders.
ARTICLE 442-11
Natural persons convicted of the felonies or misdemeanours set out under articles 442-1 to 442-6 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° prohibition to hold public office or to undertake a social or professional activity in the manner prescribed under
article 131-27;
3° area banishment pursuant to the conditions under article 131-31.
ARTICLE 442-12
(Act no. 93-1027 of 24 August 1993 Article 33 Official Journal 29 August 1993)
(Act no. 98-349 of 11 May 1998 Article 37 Official Journal 12 May 1998)
(Act no. 2003-1119 of 26 November 2003 Article 78 III Official Journal of 27 November 2003)
Any alien convicted of any of the offences referred to under articles 442-1 to 442-4 may be banished from French
territory either permanently or for a maximum period of ten years, pursuant to the conditions set out under article
131-30.