Enacted parts

ARTICLE 312-3
(Ordinance no. 2000-916 of 19 September 2000 Article 3 Official Journal of 22 September 2000 in force 1 January
2002)
Extortion is punished by fifteen years' criminal imprisonment and a fine of €150,000 when it is preceded,
accompanied or followed by acts of violence upon other persons causing a total incapacity to work in excess of eight
days.
The first two paragraphs of article 132-23 governing the safety period are applicable to the offence set out under the
present article.
ARTICLE 312-4
(Ordinance no. 2000-916 of 19 September 2000 Article 3 Official Journal of 22 September 2000 in force 1 January
2002)
Extortion is punished by twenty years' criminal imprisonment and a fine of €150,000 when it is preceded,
accompanied or followed by acts of violence upon other persons causing mutilation or permanent disability.
The first two paragraphs of article 132-23 governing the safety period are applicable to the offence set out under the
present article.
ARTICLE 312-5
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PENAL CODE
(Ordinance no. 2000-916 of 19 September 2000 Article 3 Official Journal of 22 September 2000 in force 1 January
2002)
Extortion is punished by thirty years' criminal imprisonment and a fine of €150,000 where it was committed either
with the use or threat to use[threatened use of] a weapon, or by a person carrying a weapon requiring a licence or the
carrying of which is prohibited.
The first two paragraphs of article 132-23 governing the safety period are applicable to the offence set out under the
present article.
ARTICLE 312-6
(Ordinance no. 2000-916 of 19 September 2000 Article 3 Official Journal of 22 September 2000 in force 1 January
2002)
Extortion committed by an organised gang is punished by twenty years' criminal imprisonment and a fine of
€150,000.
It is punished by thirty years' criminal imprisonment and a fine of €150,000 when it is preceded, accompanied or
followed by violence upon other persons causing mutilation or permanent disability.
It is punished by criminal imprisonment for life where it was committed either with the use or threatened use of a
weapon, or by a person carrying a weapon requiring a licence or the carrying of which is prohibited.
The first two paragraphs of article 132-23 governing the safety period are applicable to the offences set out under
the present article.