Enacted parts

ARTICLE 223-1
(Ordinance No. 2000-916 of 19 September 2000 Article 3 Official Journal of 22 September into force 1 January 2002)
The direct exposure of another person to an immediate risk of death or injury likely to cause mutilation or permanent
disability by the manifestly deliberate violation of a specific obligation of safety or prudence imposed by any statute or
regulation is punished by one year's imprisonment and a fine of €15,000.
ARTICLE 223-2
Legal persons may incur criminal liability pursuant to the conditions set out under article 121-2, for the offence
defined under article 223-1.
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°, 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.
SECTION II
ABANDONMENT OF A PERSON UNABLE TO PROTECT HIMSELF
Articles 223-3 to 223-4
ARTICLE 223-3
(Ordinance No. 2000-916 of 19 September 2000 Article 3 Official Journal of 22 September into force 1 January 2002)
The abandonment in any place of a person incapable of protecting himself by reason of his age, physical or
psychological state is punished by five years' imprisonment and a fine of €75,000.
ARTICLE 223-4
Any abandonment which results in mutilation or permanent disability is punished by fifteen years' criminal
imprisonment.
Any abandonment which results in death is punished by twenty years' criminal imprisonment.
SECTION III
OBSTRUCTING MEASURES OF ASSISTANCE AND OMISSION TO
HELP
Articles 223-5 to
223-7-1
ARTICLE 223-5
(Ordinance No. 2000-916 of 19 September 2000 Article 3 Official Journal of 22 September into force 1 January 2002)
Wilfully obstructing the arrival of help intended save a person from an imminent peril or to combat a disaster which
endangers the safety of persons is punished by seven years' imprisonment and a fine of €100,000.