Enacted parts

ARTICLE 132-6
(Act no. 1992-1336 of 16 December 1992 Articles 348 and 373 Official Journal of 23 December into force 1 March 1994)
When a pardon or reinstatement has been granted in respect of a penalty, account is taken of the penalty ensuing
from such a measure or decision when determining the extent of the concurrent running of penalties.
A reinstatement which takes place after the concurrent running of penalties is applicable to the penalty resulting
from such concurrence.
Where a penalty is reduced, the reduction is deducted from the penalty which remains to be served after the
concurrent running of penalties, where this occurs.
ARTICLE 132-7
By way of exception to the previous provisions, fines imposed for petty offences are cumulated with those incurred
or imposed for concurrent felonies or misdemeanours.
Subsection 2
Sentences applicable in the event of recidivism
Articles 132-8 to
132-16-2
Paragraph 1
Natural persons
Articles 132-8 to 132-11
ARTICLE 132-8
Where a natural person who has already received a final sentence for a felony or misdemeanour punishable by law
with ten years' imprisonment, commits a felony, the maximum period of criminal imprisonment or criminal detention is life
imprisonment where the maximum sentence legally applicable to the felony is twenty or thirty years. Where the felony is
punishable by fifteen years' imprisonment the maximum is raised to thirty years' criminal imprisonment or criminal
detention 
ARTICLE 132-9
Where a natural person who has already received a final sentence for a felony or for a misdemeanour punishable
by law with ten years' imprisonment commits within ten years of when the previous sentence expired or became
time-barred a further misdemeanour which is similarly punishable, the maximum term of imprisonment and fine
applicable is doubled.
Where a natural person who has already received a final sentence for a felony or misdemeanour punishable by ten
years' imprisonment commits within five years of when the previous sentence expired or became time-barred another
misdemeanour punishable with between one and ten years' imprisonment, the maximum term of the imprisonment and
fine applicable is doubled.