Enacted parts

ARTICLE 222-18-1
(Act no. 2001-504 of 12 June 2001 article 7 Official Journal of 13 June 2001)
(Act no. 2004-204 of 9 March 2004 article 39 I Official Journal of 10 March 2004)
(Act no. 2004-204 of 9 March 2004 article 39 II Official Journal of 10 March 2004)
Where threats contrary to the first paragraph of article 222-17 are committed because of the victim's membership or
non-membership, true or supposed, of any given ethnic group, nation, race or religion, they are punishable by two years'
imprisonment and by a fine of €30,000. Threats contrary to the second paragraph of that article or contrary to the first
paragraph of article 222-18 are punishable by five years' imprisonment and by a fine of €75,000, and those contrary to
the second paragraph of article 222-18 are punishable by seven years' imprisonment and a by a fine of €100, 000. The
same penalties are incurred where the threats were made because of the victim's true or supposed sexual orientation.
ARTICLE 222-18-2
(Inserted by Act no. 2001-504 of 12 June 2001 Article 7 Official Journal of 13 June 2001)
Legal persons may incur criminal liability in the conditions set out under article 121-2 of the offences defined in the
present paragraph.
The penalties incurred by legal persons are:
1° a fine, pursuant to the conditions set out under article 131-38;
2° the penalties enumerated under 2° to 9° of article 131-39.
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PENAL CODE
3° the penalty referred to under 1° of article 131-39 in relation to the offences set out under article 222-17 (second
paragraph) and 222-18 and 222-18-1.
The prohibition mentioned in 2° of article 131-39 applies to the activity in the exercise of which or on the occasion of
the exercise of which the offence was committed.
SECTION II
INVOLUNTARY OFFENCES AGAINST THE PHYSICAL INTEGRITY OF
THE PERSON
Articles 222-19 to
222-20-1
ARTICLE 222-19
(Act no. 2000-647 of 10 July 2000 Article 6 Official Journal of 11 July 2000)
(Ordinance no. 2000-916 of 19 September 2000 Article 3 Official Journal of 22 September into force 1 January 2002)
Causing a total incapacity to work in excess of three months to another person by clumsiness, rashness, inattention,
negligence or breach of an obligation of safety or prudence imposed by statute or regulations, in the circumstances and
according to the distinctions laid down by article 121-3, is punished by two years' imprisonment and a fine of €30,000.
In the event of a deliberate violation of an obligation of safety or prudence imposed by statute or regulation, the
penalty incurred is increased to three years' imprisonment and to a fine of €45,000.
ARTICLE 222-20
Causing a total incapacity to work of three months or less to another person by a manifestly deliberate violation of a
particular obligation of safety or prudence imposed by statute or regulation, is punished by one year's imprisonment and
a fine of €15,000.
ARTICLE 222-21
Legal persons may incur criminal liability for the offences defined by articles 222-19 and 222-20, pursuant to the
conditions set out under article 121-2.
The penalties to be imposed upon legal persons are:
1° a fine, pursuant to the conditions set out under article 131-38;
2° the penalties mentioned under 2°, 3°, 8° and 9° of article 131-39.
The prohibition mentioned under 2° of article 131-39 applies to the activity in the exercise of which or on the
occasion of the exercise of which the offence was committed.
In the cases referred to under the second paragraph of article 222-19, the penalty mentioned under 4° of article
131-39 is incurred.