Natural persons guilty of the offence punishable under Article L. 452-5 also incur as additional penalties the prohibition, in accordance with the procedures set out in Article 131-27 of the Penal Code, to hold a public office or to carry out the professional or social activity in the exercise or on the occasion of the exercise of which the offence was committed, or to carry out a commercial or industrial profession, to direct, administer, manage or control in any capacity whatsoever, directly or indirectly, for their own account or for the account of others, a commercial or industrial enterprise or a commercial company.
The ban referred to in 2° of the same article 131-39 relates to the activity in the exercise or on the occasion of the exercise of which the offence was committed. The penalties provided for in 2° to 7° of this article may only be imposed for a maximum of five years.