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Article L163-5 of the French Monetary and Financial Code

The confiscation, for the purpose of destruction, of counterfeit or falsified cheques and other instruments mentioned in article L. 133-4 is mandatory in the cases provided for in articles L. 163-3 to L. 163-4-1. It is also compulsory to confiscate materials, machines, apparatus, instruments, computer programmes or any data used or intended for use in the manufacture of the said instruments, except where they have been used without the owner’s knowledge.

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Article L163-5

La confiscation, aux fins de destruction, des chèques et autres instruments mentionnés à l’article L. 133-4 contrefaits ou falsifiés est obligatoire dans les cas prévus aux articles L. 163-3 à L. 163-4-1. Est également obligatoire la confiscation des matières, machines, appareils, instruments, programmes informatiques ou de toutes données qui ont servi ou étaient destinés à servir à la fabrication desdits instruments, sauf lorsqu’ils ont été utilisés à l’insu du propriétaire.

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