Enacted parts

ARTICLE 224-5-1
(Inserted by Act no. 2004-204 of 9 March 2004 article 12 VIII Official Journal of 10 March 2004)
Any person who has attempted to commit the felonies outlined in the present section is exempted from penalty if,
having alerted the judicial or administrative authorities, he has prevented the offence from being carried out, and, where
relevant, has enabled the other perpetrators or accomplices to be identified.
The prison sentence incurred by the perpetrator or the accomplice to any of the felonies outlined in the present
section is reduced by half if, by alerting the legal or administrative authorities, he has prevented the offence from being
carried out or has prevented the offence resulting in loss of life or permanent disability and, where relevant, has
identified any other perpetrators or accomplices. Where the sentence incurred is criminal life imprisonment, this is
reduced to twenty years' criminal imprisonment.
ARTICLE 224-5-2
(Inserted by Act no. 2004-204 of 9 March 2004 article 6 VI Official Journal of 10 March 2004)
Where the offences outlined in the first paragraph of article 224-1 and by articles 224-2 to 224-5 are carried out in
an organised gang, the penalties are increased to €1,000,000 and to:
1° thirty years' criminal imprisonment where the offence is punishable by twenty years' criminal imprisonment;
2° life criminal imprisonment where the offence is punishable by thirty years' criminal imprisonment.
The first two paragraphs of article 132-23 governing the safety period are applicable to this offence.
SECTION II
HIJACKING OF PLANES, SHIPS OR OTHER MEANS OF TRANSPORT
Articles 224-6 to
224-8-1
ARTICLE 224-6
The seizure or taking over by violence or threat of violence of a plane, ship or any other means of transport on
board which persons have taken their places, or of any permanent platform situated on the continental shelf, is punished
by twenty years of criminal imprisonment.
The first two paragraphs of article 132-23 governing the safety period are applicable to this offence.