Enacted parts

ARTICLE 444-2
(Ordinance no. 2000-916 of 19 September 2000 Article 3 Official Journal of 22 September 2000 in force 1 January
2002)
The unlawful use of the seal of the State, or of national stamps or hallmarks used to mark gold, silver or platinum is
punished by seven years' imprisonment and a fine of €100,000.
ARTICLE 444-3
(Ordinance no. 2000-916 of 19 September 2000 Article 3 Official Journal of 22 September 2000 in force 1 January 2002;
Act no. 99-574 of 9th July 1999 Article 101 Official Journal 10 July 1999) 
A penalty of five years' imprisonment and a fine of €75,000 is incurred by:
1° counterfeiting or forging seals stamps or marks of a public body, or the use of such counterfeit or forged seals
stamps or marks;
2° counterfeiting or forging headed papers or official forms used in the assemblies instituted by the Constitution, by
public bodies or courts, as well as the sale or circulation, and also the use of such counterfeit or forged papers or forms;
3° counterfeiting or forging identification marks or marks certifying the intervention of inspectorate or sanitary
supervision services of France or of a foreign country.
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PENAL CODE
ARTICLE 444-4
(Ordinance no. 2000-916 of 19 September 2000 Article 3 Official Journal of 22 September 2000 in force 1 January 2002;
Act no. 99-574 of 9 July 1999)
The unlawful use of seals, marks, stamps papers or forms showing the intervention of the inspectorate or sanitary
supervisions services referred to in article 444-3 is punished by three years' imprisonment and a fine of €45,000.
ARTICLE 444-5
(Ordinance no. 2000-916 of 19 September 2000 Article 3 Official Journal of 22 September 2000 in force 1 January
2002)
The manufacture, sale, distribution or use of printed documents which so closely resemble papers carrying a
heading or with official forms used in the assemblies instituted by the Constitution, public bodies or courts of law as to be
liable to cause a mistake in the mind of the public is punished by one year's imprisonment and a fine of €15,000.