Enacted parts

ARTICLE 443-5
Attempt to commit the misdemeanours referred to under the present Chapter is subject to the same penalties.
ARTICLE 443-6
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 exercise a social or professional activity, pursuant to the conditions set out
under article 131-27;
3° 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 .
The confiscation of the corpus delicti is mandatory in every case. It entails handing over the thing seized to the
public administration for the purpose of eventual destruction.
ARTICLE 443-7
Any alien convicted of any of the offences referred to under articles 443-1 and 443-2 may be banished from French
territory either permanently or for a maximum period of ten years in accordance with the conditions laid down under
article 131-10.
ARTICLE 443-8
Legal persons may incur criminal liability for the offences set out under the present Chapter pursuant to the
conditions set out under article 121-2.
The penalties incurred by legal persons are:
1° a fine in the manner prescribed under article 131-38;
2° the penalties referred to under article 131-39;
3° confiscation, pursuant to the conditions set out under article 443-6.
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 IV
FORGERY OF THE GOVERNMENT’S OFFICIAL MARKS
Articles 444-1 to 444-9
ARTICLE 444-1
(Ordinance no. 2000-916 of 19 September 2000 Article 3 Official Journal of 22 September 2000 in force 1 January
2002)
The counterfeiting or forgery of the seal of the State, of national stamps, or of hallmarks used to mark gold, silver or
platinum, and the use of such counterfeit or forged seals stamps or hallmarks is punished by ten years' imprisonment
and a fine of €150,000.