Enacted parts

ARTICLE 322-6
(Ordinance no. 2000-916 of 19 September 2000 Article 3 Official Journal of 22 September 2000 in force 1 January
2002) 
(Act no. 2004-204 of 9 March 2004 article 32 I Official Journal of 10 March 2004)
Destroying, defacing or damaging property belonging to other persons by an explosive substance, a fire or any
other means liable to create a danger to other persons is punished by ten years' imprisonment and a fine of €150,000.
Where this is a forest fire, or fire in woodland, heathland, bush, plantations, or land used for reforestation and
belonging to another person, and takes place in conditions so as to expose people to bodily harm or to cause
irreversible environmental damage, the penalties are increased to fifteen years' criminal imprisonment and to a fine of
€150,000.
ARTICLE 322-6-1
(Inserted by Act no. 2004-204 of 9 March 2004 article 7 Official Journal of 10 March 2004
Publishing, by whatever means, except those intended for professionals, procedures for the manufacture of
destructive devices made from gunpowder or explosive substances, nuclear, biological or chemical materials, or from
any other product for domestic, industrial or agricultural use, is punished by a year's imprisonment and by a fine of
€15,000.
The penalties are increased to three years' imprisonment and a fine of €45,000 where a telecommunications
network for the distribution of messages to a non-specified audience has been used to publish these procedures. 
ARTICLE 322-7
(Ordinance no. 2000-916 of 19 September 2000 Article 3 Official Journal of 22 September 2000 in force 1 January
2002) 
The offence set out under article 322-6 is punished by fifteen years' criminal imprisonment and a fine of €150,000
where it causes another person a total incapacity for work not exceeding eight days.
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PENAL CODE
Where the offence involves a forest fire, or fire in woodland, heathland, bush, plantations, or land used for
reforestation and belonging to another person, the penalties are increased to twenty years' imprisonment and a fine of
€200,000.