Enacted parts

ARTICLE 413-11
(Ordinance no. 2000-916 of 19 September 2000 Article 3 Official Journal of 22 September 2000 in force 1 January
2002)
A penalty of five years' imprisonment and a fine of €75,000 applies to any person not covered by article 413-10 who:
1° acquires possession of any information, process, article, document, computerised data or file which is in the
nature of a national defence secret;
2° destroys, removes or duplicates in any manner any such information, process, article, document, computerised
data or file;
3° brings to the knowledge of the public or of an unauthorised person any such information, process, article,
document, computerised data or file;
ARTICLE 413-12
Attempt to commit the misdemeanours referred to under the first paragraph of Article 413-10 and Article 413-11 is
subject to the same penalties.
CHAPTER IV
SPECIAL PROVISIONS
Articles 414-1 to 414-9
ARTICLE 414-1
(Ordinance no. 2000-916 of 19 September 2000 Article 3 Official Journal of 22 September 2000 in force 1 January
2002)
Where martial law or a state of emergency has been declared, or in the event of a general mobilisation or alert
decided by the Government, the offences referred to under articles 413-1 to 413-3 are punished by thirty years' criminal
detention and a fine of €450,000 and the offence referred to under article 413-6 is punished by seven years' detention
and a fine of €100,000.
In the cases referred to under the previous paragraph, incitement, where done with the intent to harm national
defence, to commit the offences set out under article 413-2 is punished by ten years' imprisonment and a fine of
€150,000 and incitement to commit the offence referred to under article 413-6 is punished by five years' imprisonment
and a fine of €75,000.
ARTICLE 414-2
Any person who has attempted to commit any of the offences set out under articles 411-2, 411-3, 411-6, 411-9 and
412-1 is exempted from punishment if, having informed the judicial or administrative authorities, he makes it possible to
prevent the offence taking place and, where relevant, to identify the other offenders.