Enacted parts

ARTICLE 213-2
(Act no. 1993-1027 of 24 August 1993 Article 33 Official Journal of 29 August 1993)
(Act no. 1998-349 of 11 May 1998 Article 37 Official Journal of 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 under the present title may be banished from French territory either
permanently or for a maximum period of ten years, pursuant to the conditions set out under article 131-10. 
ARTICLE 213-3
Legal persons may incur criminal liability for crimes against humanity pursuant to the conditions set out under article
121-2.
The penalties to be incurred by legal persons are:
1° the penalties enumerated under article 131-39;
2° confiscation of any or all of their assets.
ARTICLE 213-4
The perpetrator or the accomplice to a felony under the present title is not exonerated from his responsibility on the
sole basis that he performed an act prescribed or authorised by statutory or regulatory provisions, or an act ordered by
legitimate authority. A court shall nevertheless take this circumstance into account when deciding the nature and extent
of the sentence.
ARTICLE 213-5
Criminal liability for the felonies set out under the present title is imprescriptable, as are the sentences imposed.
SUBTITLE II
CRIMES AGAINST PERSONS
Articles 214-1 to 215-4
CHAPTER I
CRIMES IN RELATION TO EUGENICS AND REPRODUCTIVE
CLONING
Articles 214-1 to 214-4
ARTICLE 214-1
(Inserted by Act No. 2004-800 of 6 August 2004, article 28 I; Official Journal, 7 August 2004)
The implementing of any eugenic practice aimed at organising the selection of persons is punished by thirty years'
criminal imprisonment and a fine of €7,500,000.
ARTICLE 214-2
(Inserted by Act No. 2004-800 of 6 August 2004, article 28 I; Official Journal, 7 August 2004)
Carrying out any procedure designed to cause the birth of a child genetically identical to another person whether
living or deceased is punished by thirty years' criminal imprisonment and a fine of €7,500,000.