Enacted parts

ARTICLE 226-25
(Act no. 1992-1336 of 16 December 1992 Articles 361 and 373 Official Journal of 23 December 1992 into force 1 March
1994; Act no. 1994-653 of 29 July 1994 Article 8 Official Journal of 30 July 1994; Ordinance No. 2000-916 of 19
September 2000 Article 3 Official Journal of 22 September into force 1 January 2002; Act no.2004-801 of 6 August 2004
Article 14 Official Journal of 7 August 2004)
The study of the genetic characteristics of a person for purposes other medical purposes or scientific research, or
their study for medical purposes or scientific research without having obtained the person's prior consent pursuant to the
conditions set out under article 16-10 of the Civil Code, is punished by one year's imprisonment and a fine of €15,000. 
ARTICLE 226-26
(Act no. 1994-653 of 29 July 1994 Article 8 Official Journal of 30 July 1994; Ordinance No. 2000-916 of 19 September
2000 Article 3 Official Journal of 22 September into force 1 January 2002)
The diversion from their intended purposes of medical or scientific research any information collected on a person
by way of a study of his genetic characteristics is punished by one year's imprisonment and a fine of €15,000.
ARTICLE 226-27
(Act no. 1994-653 of 29 July 1994 Article 8 Official Journal of 30 July 1994; Ordinance No. 2000-916 of 19 September
2000 Article 3 Official Journal of 22 September into force 1 January 2002; Act no.2004-801 of 6 August 2004 Article 14
Official Journal of 7 August 2004)
Researching the identification of a person through his DNA profile for medical purposes without obtaining his
consent prior pursuant to the conditions set out under article 16-11 of the Civil Code is punished by one year's
imprisonment and a fine of €15,000.
ARTICLE 226-28
(Act no. 1994-653 of 29 July 1994 Article 8 Official Journal of 30 July 1994)
(Ordinance No. 2000-916 of 19 September 2000 Article 3 Official Journal of 22 September into force 1 January 2002)
(Act no. 2005-270 of 24 March 2005 Article 93 II Official Journal of 26 March 2005 in force 1 July 2005)
Researching the identification of a person through his DNA profile, if it does not involve a member of the military
deceased during an operation led by the armed forces or a linked group, for purposes neither medical nor scientific, or
other than in an inquiry or investigation made in the course of judicial proceedings, is punished by one year's
imprisonment and a fine of €15,000.
The same penalty applies to the disclosure of information concerning the identification of a person through his DNA
profile or proceeding to the identification of a person through his DNA profile without holding the authorisation provided
for under article L. 145-16 of the Public Health Code.
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PENAL CODE
NOTE: Act no. 2005-270 of the 24th March 2005 article 106: the provisions of article 93 are applicable in
New-Caledonia, French Polynesia, Wallis-et-Futuna and Mayotte.