Enacted parts

ARTICLE 511-26
(Act no. 94-653 of 29 July 1994 Article 9 Official Journal 30 July 1994)
(Act no. 20004-800 of 6 August 2004 article 28 II 14 ° Official Journal of 7 August 2004)
Attempt to commit the misdemeanours referred to under articles 511-2, 511-3, 511-4, 511-5, 511-5-1, 511-5-2,
511-6, 511-9, 511-15, 511-16 and 511-19 is subject to the same penalties.
ARTICLE 511-27
(Act no. 94-653 of 29 July 1994 Article 9 Official Journal 30 July 1994)
Natural persons convicted of the offences referred to under the present Chapter also incur the additional penalty of
prohibition, for a maximum period of ten years, to undertake the social or professional activity in the course of which or
on the occasion of which the offence was committed.
ARTICLE 511-28
Legal persons may incur criminal liability for the offences referred to under the present Chapter in accordance with
the conditions laid down 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.
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.
TITLE II
OTHER PROVISIONS
Articles 521-1 to 521-2
SINGLE CHAPTER
SERIOUS MALTREATMENT OR ACTS OF CRUELTY TOWARDS ANIMALS
Articles 521-1 to 521-2
ARTICLE 521-1
(Act no. 94-653 of 29 July 1994 article 9 Official Journal of 30 July 1994)
(Act no. 99-5 of 6 January 1999 article 22 Official Journal of 7 January 1999)
(Ordinance no. 2000-916 of 19 September article 3 Official Journal of 22 September 2000 in force 1 January 2002)
(Act no. 2004-204 of 9 March 2004 article 50 Official Journal of 10 March 2004)
The unnecessary infliction, in public or otherwise, of serious maltreatment, including sexual maltreatment, towards
or the commission of an act of cruelty on any domestic or tame animal, or any animal held in captivity, is punished by
two years' imprisonment and a fine of €30,000.
As an additional penalty, the court may impose a prohibition, permanent or otherwise, against keeping an animal.
The provisions of the present article are not applicable to bullfights where an uninterrupted local tradition can be
shown. Nor do they apply to cockfights in localities where an uninterrupted tradition can be established.
The penalties set out in the first paragraph apply to the creation of any new centre for holding cockfights.
The same penalties also apply to the abandonment of a domestic or tamed animal, or of an animal held in captivity,
with the exception of animals used for repopulation purposes.
ARTICLE 521-2
Carrying out experiments or experimental scientific research on animals without complying with the provisions laid
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down by Decree of the Conseil d'Etat is punished by the penalties set out under article 511-1.