In the cases provided for in articles L. 653-3 to L. 653-6, the court may order, instead of personal bankruptcy, a ban on directing, managing, administering or controlling, directly or indirectly, either any commercial or craft business, any farm and any legal entity, or one or more of them.
The prohibition mentioned in the first paragraph may also be imposed on any person mentioned in Article L. 653-1 who, in bad faith, fails to provide the mandataire judiciaire, administrator or liquidator with the information that he is required to provide pursuant to article L. 622-6 within one month of the opening judgment or who has knowingly failed to comply with the obligation to provide information set out in the second paragraph of article L. 622-22.
It may also be ordered against any person referred to in Article L. 653-1 who has knowingly failed to apply for the opening of receivership or compulsory liquidation proceedings within forty-five days of the cessation of payments, without also having applied for the opening of conciliation proceedings.