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ARTICLE 222-43-1
(Inserted by Act no. 2004-204 of 9 March 2004 article 12 VII Official Journal of 10 March 2004)
Any person who has attempted to commit the offences outlined in the present section is exempted from punishment
if, having alerted the judicial or administrative authorities, he has prevented the offence from being carried out, and has
enabled any other perpetrators of or accomplices to the offence to be identified.
SECTION V
ADDITIONAL PENALTIES TO NATURAL PERSONS
Articles 222-44 to
222-48-1
ARTICLE 222-44
(Act no. 2003-495 of 12 June 2003 art. 6 VII Official Journal of 13 June 2003)
Natural persons convicted of the offences provided for by the present chapter also incur the following additional
penalties:
1° prohibition 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, pursuant to the conditions set out under article 131-27;
2° prohibition to hold or carry a weapon requiring a licence, for a maximum period of five years;
3° suspension of the driving licence for a maximum period of five years; suspension may be limited to driving
otherwise than in the course of professional activity; in the cases provided for by articles 222-19-1 and 222-20-1, 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 articles 222-19-1 and 222-20-1,
the maximum period of suspension is ten years. 
4° cancellation of the driving licence, together with prohibition, for a maximum period of five years, to apply for the
issue of a new licence;
5° confiscation of one or more vehicles belonging to the convicted person;
6° confiscation of one or more weapons belonging to the convicted person or which are freely available to him;
7° confiscation of the thing which was used or was intended for the commission of the offence, or of the thing which
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8° in cases provided for by articles 222-19-1 and 222-20-1, the prohibition from driving certain motor vehicles,
including those for which a driving licence is not required, for a maximum period of five years;
9° in cases provided for by articles 222-19-1 and 222-20-1, the requirement to complete a road safety awareness
course, at the offender's expense;
10° in cases provided for by articles 222-19-1 and 222-20-1, the immobilisation of the vehicle used by the convicted
person in committing the offence, if this vehicle belongs to him, for a period of one year; 
Any conviction for the misdemeanours provided for by 1° to 6° and by the last paragraph of article 222-19-1 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.