Enacted parts

ARTICLE 442-13
In all the cases set out under the present Chapter the court may also order confiscation of the thing which was used
or intended for the commission of the offence or the thing which is the product of it, with the exception of articles which
may be subject to restitution.
The confiscation of counterfeit or forged coins and banknotes, as well as of the raw materials and equipment
designed for their manufacture, is mandatory.
The counterfeit or forged coins or banknotes are respectively returned to either the Coins and Medal Administration
or to the Bank of France, for the purpose of eventual destruction. To these bodies are also given, for the same purpose,
any confiscated raw materials or equipment that they select.
The confiscation of the articles, printed documents or forms referred to under article 442-6 is also mandatory. It
entails the transfer of the thing confiscated, for the purpose of destruction, to the Coins and Medals Administration or to
the Bank of France, in accordance with the distinction made in the previous paragraph.
ARTICLE 442-14
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.
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.;
3° confiscation, pursuant to the conditions set out under article 442-13.
The prohibition mentioned in 2° of article 131-39 applies to the activity in the exercise of which or on the occasion of
the exercise of which the offence was committed.
ARTICLE 442-15
(Inserted by Act no. 2001-1168 of 11 December 2001 Article 17 Official Journal 12 December 2001)
The provisions of articles 442-1, 442-2 and 442-5 to 442-14 as regards banknotes and coins intended to be put into
circulation, but have not yet been issued by the authorised institutions and are not yet legal tender. 
CHAPTER III
FORGERY OF SECURITIES ISSUED BY PUBLIC AUTHORITIES
Articles 443-1 to 443-8