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ARTICLE 221-8
(Act no. 2003.-495 of 12 June 2003. Art. 5 VI and 6 V Official Journal of 13 June 2003)
Natural persons convicted of the offences set out under the present chapter also incur the following additional
penalties.
1° prohibition, pursuant to the conditions set out under Article 131-27, to discharge the social or professional activity
in the exercise of which or on the occasion of the exercise of which the offence was committed;
2° prohibition to hold or to carry, for a maximum period of five years, a weapon requiring a licence;
3° suspension of the driving licence for a maximum period of five years; this suspension may be limited to driving
otherwise than in the exercise of a professional activity; in the cases provided for by article 221-6-1, this measure may
not be suspended, even partially, and may not be limited to driving otherwise than in the exercise of a professional
activity; in the cases provided for by 1° to 6° and by the last paragraph of article 221-6-1, the maximum period of
suspension is ten years.
4° cancellation of the driving licence, together with the prohibition, for a maximum period of five years, to apply for
the issue of a new one;
5° confiscation of one or more weapons belonging to the convicted person or which he has freely available to him;
6° withdrawal of the hunting licence, together with a prohibition, for a maximum period of five years, to apply for the
issue of a new one.
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7° in cases provided for by article 221-6-1, the prohibition from driving certain motor vehicles, including those for
which a driving licence is not required, for a maximum period of five years;
8° in cases provided for by article 221-6-1, the requirement to complete a road safety awareness course, at the
offender's expense;
9° in cases provided for by article 221-6-1, the immobilisation of the vehicle used by the convicted person in
committing the offence, if this vehicle belongs to him, for a period of up to one year; 
10° in cases provided for by article 221-6-1, the confiscation of the vehicle used by the convicted person in
committing the offence, if this vehicle belongs to him.
Any conviction for the misdemeanours provided for by 1° to 6° and by the last paragraph of article 221-6-1 results in
the automatic cancellation of the driving licence with the prohibition to apply for a new licence for a maximum period of
ten years. In the case of a persistent offender, the length of the ban is automatically increased to ten years, and the
court may, by a specially reasoned judgment, provide that the ban be for life.