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ARTICLE 131-31
The penalty of banishment from a specified area entails prohibition to appear in certain places determined by the
court. Supervision and support measures are also imposed. The list of the prohibited places and the supervision and
support measures to be imposed may be modified by the penalty enforcement judge, pursuant to the conditions set
down by the Code of Criminal Procedure.
Banishment from an area may not exceed a period of ten years in the case of a conviction for a felony, and five
years in the case of a conviction for a misdemeanour.
ARTICLE 131-32
Where area banishment is imposed together with an immediate custodial sentence, it applies from the beginning of
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the custodial sentence and its execution continues for the period fixed when the sentence was imposed, running from
the day on which the custodial sentence ends. 
Any detention served during the area banishment period is deducted from this period.
Subject to the application of article 763 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, area banishment ceases as of right
when the convicted person reaches the age of sixty-five.
ARTICLE 131-33
Mandatory closure of an establishment entails the prohibition to exercise on such premises the activity that
occasioned the commission of the offence.
ARTICLE 131-34
Disqualification from public tenders entails prohibition to participate, directly or indirectly, in any contract concluded
by the State and its public bodies, territorial collectivities, their associations and public bodies, as well as enterprises
granted as a concession or controlled by the State or by territorial collectivities or their associations.
ARTICLE 131-35
(Act no. 2004-575 of 21 June 2004 Article 2 III Official Journal of 22 June 2004)
The penalty of displaying a notice of the decision or otherwise disseminating it is carried out at the convicted
person's expense. However, the expenses recovered against a convicted person may not exceed a sum in excess of
any fine applicable.
The court may order the display or circulation of all or a part of the decision, or of a communiqué informing the
public of the contents of the decision and its reasons. It shall determine, where appropriate, the extracts of the decision
and the terms of the communiqué to be displayed or circulated.
The display or dissemination of the decision or communiqué may disclose the identity of the victim only with his
agreement, or with that of his legal representative or successor.
A public display order is carried out in such places and for such a period as the court determines. Unless the Statute
sanctioning the offence otherwise provides, a public display may not extend beyond two months. If the notices posted
are removed, concealed or torn, a renewed display is made at the expense of the person found guilty of so doing.
Circulation of the decision is made by the Official Journal of the Republic, by one or more other press publications,
or by one or more means of electronic public communication. The publications or means of electronic communication
entrusted with that circulation are designated by the court. They may not refuse to carry them.