Enacted parts

ARTICLE 441-9
Attempt to commit the misdemeanours referred to under articles 441-1, 441-2 and 441-4 to 441-8 is subject to the
same penalties.
ARTICLE 441-10
Natural persons convicted of the felonies or misdemeanours referred to under the present Chapter also incur the
following additional penalties:
1° forfeiture of civic, civil and family rights, pursuant to the conditions set out under article 131-26;
2° prohibition to hold public office or to undertake a social or professional activity pursuant to the conditions set out
under article 131-27;
3° disqualification from public tenders;
4° confiscation of the thing which was used or intended for the commission of the offence, or of the thing which is
the product of it, except for articles subject to restitution.
ARTICLE 441-11
Any alien convicted of any of the offences referred to under the present Chapter may be banished from French
territory either permanently or for a maximum period of ten years pursuant to the conditions set out under article 131-10.
ARTICLE 441-12
Legal persons may incur criminal liability for the offences referred to under the present Chapter pursuant to the
conditions set out under article 121-2.
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PENAL CODE
The penalties incurred by legal persons are:
1° a fine, pursuant to the conditions set out under article 131-38;
2° the penalties referred to under article 131-39.
The prohibition referred to under 2° of article 131-39 applies to the activity in the course of which or on the occasion
of the performance of which the offence was committed.
CHAPTER II
COUNTERFEITING
Articles 442-1 to 442-15
ARTICLE 442-1
(Ordinance no. 2000-916 of 19 September 2000 Article 3 Official Journal of 22 September 2000 in force 1 January
2002)
(Act no. 2004-204 of 9 March 2004 article 6 XIII Official Journal of 10 March 2004)
The counterfeiting or the forging of coins or banknotes which are legal tender in France or are issued by authorised
international or foreign institutions for that purpose is punished by thirty years' criminal imprisonment and a fine of
€450,000.
The same penalties apply to the manufacture of any coins and banknotes mentioned in the previous paragraph by
making use of equipment or material authorised and designated for this purpose, where this is done in breach of the
rules made by the institutions authorised to issue this money and without their agreement.
The first two paragraphs of article 132-23 governing the safety period are applicable to the offences referred to
under the present article.