Enacted parts

ARTICLE 131-23
Community service work is governed by the legal and regulatory prescriptions concerning night work, hygiene and
security, as well as those relating to women and young persons at work. Community service work may be executed at
the same time as a professional activity.
ARTICLE 131-24
The State is answerable for the damage or portion of damage which is caused to a third party by a convicted person
and which directly results from the implementation of a decision carrying the obligation to perform community service.
The State is subrogated as of right to the claims of the victim.
Proceedings for damages or indemnification are brought before the judicial courts.
ARTICLE 131-25
(Act no. 2004-204 of 9 March 2004 article 173 2° Official Journal of 10 March 2004, in force 1 January 2005
Where a day-fine is imposed the total sum is payable upon expiry of the period corresponding to the number of
day-fines imposed.
Total or partial failure to pay this amount leads to the imprisonment of the convicted person for a time equal to the
number of unpaid day-fines. This is carried out according to the rules for the enforcement of public debts. Detention so
imposed comes under the regime of custodial sentences.
ARTICLE 131-26
Forfeiture of civic, civil and family rights covers:
1° the right to vote;
2° the right to be elected;
3° the right to hold a judicial office, or to give an expert opinion before a court, or to represent or assist a party
before a court of law;
4° the right to make a witness statement in court other than a simple declaration;
5° the right to be tutor or curator; this prohibition does not preclude the right to become a tutor or a curator of one's
own children, after obtaining the guardianship judge's approval, and after having heard the family council.
Forfeiture of civic, civil and family rights may not exceed a maximum period of ten years in the case of a sentence
imposed for a felony and a maximum period of five years in the case of a sentence imposed for a misdemeanour.
The court may impose forfeiture of all or part of these rights.
The forfeiture of the right to vote or to be elected imposed pursuant to the present article also entails the prohibition
or incapacity to hold public office