Enacted parts

ARTICLE 433-11
(Ordinance no. 2000-916 of 19 September 2000 Article 3 Official Journal of 22 September 2000 in force 1 January
2002)
Obstructing, by acts of violence, the execution of public works or works of public utility is punished by one year's
imprisonment and a fine of €15,000.
SECTION VII
USURPATION OF OFFICE
Articles 433-12 to
433-13
ARTICLE 433-12
Updated 12/10/2005 - Page 98/132

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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)
Any person acting without authority who interferes in the discharge of a public service by performing an act reserved
for the holder of this office is punished by three years' imprisonment and a fine of €45,000.
ARTICLE 433-13
(Ordinance no. 2000-916 of 19 September 2000 Article 3 Official Journal of 22 September 2000 in force 1 January
2002)
A penalty of one year's imprisonment and a fine of €15,000 is incurred by any person who:
1° exercises an activity in conditions liable to create in the mind of the public a confusion with the discharge of a
public service or an activity reserved to legal professional officers or public officers; 
2° uses papers or written documents presenting a similarity to judicial or extra-judicial documents or a similarity to
administrative documents, liable to cause misapprehension in the mind of the public.
SECTION VIII
OF USURPATION OF INSIGNIA RESERVED TO A PUBLIC AUTHORITY Articles 433-14 to
433-16
ARTICLE 433-14
(Ordinance no. 2000-916 of 19 September 2000 Article 3 Official Journal of 22 September 2000 in force 1 January
2002)
A penalty of one year's imprisonment and a fine of €15,000 is incurred by any person who publicly and unlawfully:
1° wears a costume, uniform or decoration regulated by public authority;
2° uses a document establishing an official capacity or an insignia regulated by public authority;
3° uses a vehicle displaying outwardly visible insignias identical to those used by the national police or army.