Enacted parts

ARTICLE 412-8
(Ordinance no. 2000-916 of 19 September 2000 Article 3 Official Journal of 22 September 2000 in force 1 January
2002)
Incitement to arm against the authority of the State or against a part of the population is punished by five years'
imprisonment and a fine of €75,000.
Where the incitement was effective, the penalty is increased to thirty years' criminal detention and a fine of
€450,000.
Where the incitement was committed through the press or by broadcasting, the specific legal provisions governing
those matters are applicable to define the persons who are responsible.
CHAPTER III
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PENAL CODE
OTHER OFFENCES AGAINST NATIONAL DEFENCE
Articles 413-1 to 413-12
SECTION I
OFFENCES AGAINST THE SECURITY OF ARMED FORCES AND
PROTECTED ZONES OF INTEREST TO NATIONAL DEFENCE
Articles 413-1 to 413-8
ARTICLE 413-1
(Ordinance no. 2000-916 of 19 September 2000 Article 3 Official Journal of 22 September 2000 in force 1 January
2002)
The incitement of soldiers belonging to the French armed forces to enter the service of a foreign power, designed to
harm national defence, is punished by ten years' imprisonment and a fine of €150,000.
ARTICLE 413-2
(Ordinance no. 2000-916 of 19 September 2000 Article 3 Official Journal of 22 September 2000 in force 1 January
2002)
Obstructing the normal operations of military equipment, designed to harm national defence, is punished by five
years' imprisonment and a fine of €75,000.
The same penalties apply to obstructing the movement of military personnel or equipment, designed to harm
national defence.
ARTICLE 413-3
(Ordinance no. 2000-916 of 19 September 2000 Article 3 Official Journal of 22 September 2000 in force 1 January
2002)
The incitement to disobedience, by any means, of soldiers or persons subject to any form of national service to
disobedience, designed to harm national defence, is punished by five years' imprisonment and a fine of €75,000.
Where the incitement is committed through the press or by broadcasting, the specific legal provisions governing
those matters are applicable to define the persons who are responsible.