Enacted parts

ARTICLE 227-9
(Ordinance no. 2000-916 of 19 September 2000 Article 3 Official Journal of 22 September 2000 in force 1 January
2002)
(Act no. 2002-305 of 4 March 2002 Article 16 Official Journal of 5 March 2002)
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PENAL CODE
The offences set out under articles 227-5 and 227-7 are punished by three years' imprisonment and a fine of
€45,000:
1° if the minor is retained in excess of five days, when the persons who have the right to claim him do not know
where he is;
2° if the minor is unlawfully kept outside the territory of the Republic.
ARTICLE 227-10
(Ordinance no. 2000-916 of 19 September 2000 Article 3 Official Journal of 22 September 2000 in force 1 January
2002)
Where the person guilty of the offences set out under articles 227-5 and 227-7 has been divested of parental
authority, such offences are punished by three years' imprisonment and a fine of €45,000.
ARTICLE 227-11
Attempt to commit the offences set out under articles 227-7 and 227-8 is subject to the same penalties.
SECTION IV
OFFENCES AGAINST FILIATION
Articles 227-12 to
227-14
ARTICLE 227-12
(Act no. 94-653 of 29 July 1994 Article 4 Official Journal of 30th July 1994; Ordinance no. 2000-916 of 19 September
2000 Article 3 Official Journal of 22 September 2000 in force 1 January 2002)
The incitement of the parents or one of them to abandon a born or unborn child, made either for pecuniary gain, or
by gifts, promises, threats or abuse of authority, is punished by six months' imprisonment and a fine of €7,500 €.
Acting for pecuniary gain as an intermediary between a person desiring to adopt a child and a parent desiring to
abandon its born or unborn child is punished by one year's imprisonment and a fine of €15,000.
The penalties provided by the second paragraph apply to acting as an intermediary between a person or a couple
desiring to receive a child and a woman agreeing to bear this child with the intent to give it up to them. Where the
offence is habitually committed for pecuniary gain, the penalties incurred are doubled.
Attempt to commit the offences referred to under the second and third paragraphs of the present article is subject to
the same penalties.