Enacted parts

ARTICLE 222-48-1
(Inserted by Act no. 1998-468 of 17 June 1998 article 3 Official Journal of 18 June 1998)
Persons guilty of the offences defined under articles 222-23 to 222-32 may also be subjected to a social-judicial
probation order pursuant to the terms of articles 131-36-1 to 131-36-8.
SECTION VI
COMMON PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO NATURAL AND LEGAL
PERSONS
Articles 222-49 to
222-51
ARTICLE 222-49
(Act no. 1992-1336 of 16 December 1992 Articles 357 and 373 Official Journal of 23 December 1992 into force 1 March
1994)
In the cases set out under articles 222-34 to 222-40, it is mandatory for the court to order the confiscation of
installations, equipment and of any asset used directly or indirectly for the commission of the offence, as well as all the
products coming from the said installations, equipment or assets, whoever may own them and wherever they may be,
provided their owner could not have been ignorant of their fraudulent origin or.
The confiscation of some or all of the assets of a convicted person, whatever their nature, movable or immovable,
severally or jointly owned, may also be ordered in the cases set out under articles 222-34, 222-35, 222-36, 222-38 and
222-39-1.
ARTICLE 222-50
(Act no. 1992-1336 of 16 December 1992 Articles 358 and 373 Official Journal of 23 December 1992 into force 1 March
1994)
Natural or legal persons convicted of the offences set out under articles 222-34 to 222-40 also incur the following
additional penalties:
1° permanent withdrawal of a bar or restaurant licence;
2° mandatory closure, either permanently or for a maximum period of five years, of any premises open to the public
or used by the public within which the offences defined by these articles were committed by the manager or with his
complicity.
ARTICLE 222-51
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PENAL CODE
Temporary mandatory closure under article 222-50 entails the suspension of the bar or restaurant licence for the
same length of time. The expiry period of licence is suspended during the mandatory closure period.
Permanent mandatory closure under article 222-50 entails the permanent withdrawal of the bar or restaurant
licence.
CHAPTER III
ENDANGERING OTHER PERSONS
Articles 223-1 to 223-20
SECTION I
RISKS CAUSED TO OTHER PERSONS
Articles 223-1 to 223-2