Enacted parts

ARTICLE 436-1
(Inserted by Act no. 2003-340 of 14 April 2003. Art. 1 Official Journal of 15 April 2003)
The following are punished by five years' imprisonment and by a fine of €75,000:
1º For any person who has been specially recruited to participate in an armed conflict, and who is neither a citizen
of a State involved in the aforesaid conflict, nor a member of the armed forces of the State, and has not been sent on a
mission by another State not involved in the conflict as a member of the armed forces of this State, to directly participate
or to attempt to directly participate in the hostilities, with a view to obtaining personal advantage or remuneration
considerably in excess of what is paid or promised to the combatants of the same rank and with the same duties in the
armed forces fighting on the same side; 
2º For any person who has been specially recruited to take part in a concerted violent act designed to overthrow
institutions or to attack the territorial integrity of a State, and who is not a citizen of the State against which the attack is
planned, nor a member of the aforesaid State's armed forces, and who has not been sent on such a mission by another
State, to take part in such an act with a view to obtaining a personal advantage or a significant payment.
ARTICLE 436-2
(Inserted by Act no. 2003-340 of 14 April 2003. Art. 1 Official Journal of 15 April 2003)
Updated 12/10/2005 - Page 109/132

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PENAL CODE
Directing or setting up an organisation for the purpose of recruiting, employing, financing, equipping or providing
military training for a person described in article 436-1 is punished by seven years' imprisonment and by a fine of
€100,000.
ARTICLE 436-3
(Inserted by Act no. 2003-340 of 14 April 2003. Art. 1 Official Journal of 15 April 2003)
Where the acts detailed in the present chapter are committed abroad by a French citizen or someone who generally
resides in French territory, French law applies notwithstanding the second paragraph of article 113-6, and the provisions
of the second sentence of article 113-8 do not apply.