Enacted parts

ARTICLE 434-7
(Ordinance no. 2000-916 of 19 September 2000 Article 3 Official Journal of 22 September 2000 in force 1 January
2002)
The concealment or hiding of the dead body of a victim of a homicide or of a person who has died as a result of acts
of violence is punished by two years' imprisonment and a fine of €30,000.
SECTION II
OBSTRUCTING THE COURSE OF JUSTICE
Articles 434-7-1 to
434-23
ARTICLE 434-7-1
(Act no. 92-1336 of 16 December 1992 Articles 213, 367 and 373 Official Journal of 23 December 1992 in force 1 March
1994)
(Ordinance no. 2000-916 of 19 September 2000 Article 3 Official Journal of 22 September 2000 in force 1 January
2002)
The refusal by a judge or other member of a court or administrative authority to render justice after being required to
do so and which continues despite a warning or injunction from his superiors, is punished by a fine of €7,500 and
prohibition to hold a public position for a period of five to twenty years.
ARTICLE 434-7-2
(Inserted by Act no. 2004-204 of 9 March 2004 article 13 Official Journal of 10 March 2004)
Without prejudice to the rights of the defence, any person who by reason of his office, has knowledge, in
accordance with the provisions of the Code of Criminal Procedure, of information that has come out of an enquiry or an
investigation that is being carried out into a felony or a misdemeanour, and who directly or indirectly reveals this
information to persons who may be implicated in the commission of these offences, either as perpetrators, accomplices
or receivers of stolen goods, in circumstances where this revelation is liable to impede the course of the investigation or
the discovery of the truth, is punished by five years' imprisonment and by a fine of €75,000.
ARTICLE 434-8
(Ordinance no. 2000-916 of 19 September 2000 Article 3 Official Journal of 22 September 2000 in force 1 January
2002)
Any threat or any intimidation directed against a judge or prosecutor, a juror or any other member of a court, an
arbitrator, an interpreter, an expert or the lawyer of a party, with a view to influencing his behaviour in the discharge of
his office, is punished by three years' imprisonment and a fine of €45,000.