Enacted parts

ARTICLE 322-8
(Ordinance no. 2000-916 of 19 September 2000 Article 3 Official Journal of 22 September 2000 in force 1 January
2002)
(Act no. 2003-88 of 3 February 2003 Article 10 Official Journal of 4 February 2003)
(Act no. 2004-204 of 9 March 2004 article 32 III Official Journal of 10 March 2004)
The offence defined by article 322-6 is punished by twenty years' criminal imprisonment and a fine of €150,000:
1° where it is committed by an organised gang;
2° where it causes another person total incapacity for work in excess of eight days;
3° where it is committed because of the owner or user of the property's membership or non-membership, true or
supposed, of a given ethnic group, nation, race or religion.
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 thirty years' imprisonment and a fine of
€200,000.
The first two paragraphs of article 132-23 governing the safety period are applicable to the offences set out under
the present article.
ARTICLE 322-9
(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 IV Official Journal of 10 March 2004)
The offence defined by article 322-6 is punished by thirty years' criminal imprisonment and a fine of €150,000 where
it causes another person mutilation or permanent disability.
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 life imprisonment and a fine of €200,000.
The first two paragraphs of article 132-23 governing the safety period are applicable to the offences set out under
the present article.