Enacted parts

ARTICLE 132-10
Where a natural person, who has already received a final sentence for a misdemeanour, commits within a period of
five years from when the previous sentence expired or became time-barred either the same misdemeanour, or a
misdemeanour which is assimilated to it for the purposes of the rules relating to recidivism, the maximum term of the
imprisonment and fine is doubled.
ARTICLE 132-11
(Ordinance no. 2000-916 of 19 September 2000 Article 3 Official Journal of 22 September 2000 in force on 1 January
2002)
(Act no. 2003-495 of 12 June 2003 art. 6 III Official Journal of 13 June 2003)
If a regulation so provides, where a natural person who has already received a final sentence for a petty offence of
the fifth class commits the same petty offence within a period of one year from when the previous sentence expired or
became time-barred, the maximum fine is raised to €3,000.
In cases where the law provides that re-offending by the commission of a petty offence of the fifth class constitutes
a misdemeanour, recividism is established if the acts are committed within a period of three years from the expiry or
time-barring of the previous sentence.
Paragraph 2
Legal persons
Articles 132-12 to
132-15
ARTICLE 132-12
(Ordinance No. 2000-916 of 19 September 2000 Article 3 Official Journal of 22 September 2000 into force 1 January
2002) 
Where a legal person, having already received a final sentence for a felony or a misdemeanour legally punishable
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PENAL CODE
with a fine of €100,000 in the case of a natural person, incurs criminal liability for a felony, the maximum fine which may
be imposed is ten times that provided by the law applicable to that felony. In such a case the legal person is additionally
liable to the penalties enumerated under article 131-39, subject to the provisions of the last paragraph of that article.