Enacted parts

ARTICLE 322-2
(Act no. 95-877 of 3 August 1995 Article 26 Official Journal of 4 August 1995)
(Ordinance no. 2000-916 of 19 September 2000 Article 3 Official Journal of 22 September in force 1 January 2002)
(Act no. 2002-5 of 4 January 2002 Article 27 Official Journal of 5 January 2002
(Act no. 2002-1138 of 9 September 2002 Article 24 (Official Journal of 10 September 2002)
(Act no. 2003-88 of 3 February 2003.Article 8 Official Journal of 4 February 2003)
The offence under the first paragraph of article 322-1 is punished by three years' imprisonment and a fine of
€45,000, and the offence under the second paragraph of article 322-1 by a fine of €7,500 and community service where
the property destroyed, defaced or damaged is:
1° intended for public use or decoration and belongs to a public body or a person discharging a public service
mission;
2° a register, an original of a record or an original document of a public authority;
3° a classified building or movable object, an archaeological discovery made in the course of excavations or
fortuitously, land containing archaeological remains, or an article preserved or deposited in a museum, library or archive
belonging to the French nation or a public body discharging a public service mission or recognised as of public interest;
4° an article displayed as part of a historical, cultural or scientific exhibition, organised by a public body, a body
charged with public service or recognised as of public interest.
In the case set out under 3° of the present article, an offence is also committed where the perpetrator is the owner
of the property destroyed, defaced or damaged.
Where the offence defined in the first paragraph of article 322-1 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, the
penalties incurred are also increased to 3 years' imprisonment and by a fine of €45, 000.