Enacted parts

ARTICLE 223-6
(Ordinance No. 2000-916 of 19 September 2000 Article 3 Official Journal of 22 September into force 1 January 2002)
Anyone who, being able to prevent by immediate action a felony or a misdemeanour against the bodily integrity of a
person, without risk to himself or to third parties, wilfully abstains from doing so, is punished by five years' imprisonment
and a fine of €75,000.
The same penalties apply to anyone who wilfully fails to offer assistance to a person in danger which he could
himself provide without risk to himself or to third parties, or by initiating rescue operations.
ARTICLE 223-7
(Ordinance No. 2000-916 of 19 September 2000 Article 3 Official Journal of 22 September into force 1 January 2002)
Anyone who voluntarily abstains from taking or initiating measures, which involve no risk to himself or to third
parties, to combat a natural disaster likely to endanger the safety of others is punished by two years' imprisonment and a
fine of €30,000.
ARTICLE 223-7-1
(Inserted by Act no. 2001-504 of 12 June 2001 Article 9 Official Journal of 13 June 2001)
Legal persons may incur criminal liability, pursuant to the conditions set out under article 121-2, for the offences
outlined in the present section.
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.
3° the penalty outlined in 1° of article 131-39 for the offences provided for under articles 223-5 and 223-6.
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PENAL CODE
The prohibition determined 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 IV
EXPERIMENTATION ON HUMAN BEINGS
Articles 223-8 to 223-9