Assets of any kind, in particular foreign reserve assets, which central banks or foreign monetary authorities hold or manage on their behalf or on behalf of the foreign State or States to which they belong, may not be seized. By way of exception to the provisions of the first paragraph, a creditor in possession of a writ of execution recording a claim that is due and payable may apply to…
The counterfeiting and falsification of coins and banknotes, as well as the transport, putting into circulation and possession with a view to putting into circulation of counterfeit or falsified coins and banknotes, are punishable under articles 442-1 to 442-15 of the Criminal Code.
Any person who has received counterfeit or falsified banknotes or coins is obliged to hand them in or have them handed in to the Banque de France or the Monnaie de Paris, depending on whether the banknotes or coins are counterfeit or falsified. The Banque de France and the Monnaie de Paris are authorised to withhold and, if necessary, destroy currency signs that they recognise as counterfeit or falsified.
It is punishable by a fine of 6,000 euros for the drawee to refuse payment of a cheque, except in the cases mentioned in the second paragraph of article L. 131-35, on the grounds that the drawer has made a stop payment.
Any person who, after a cheque has been issued, with the intention of infringing the rights of another person, withdraws all or part of the provision by transfer, credit transfer or any other means whatsoever, or in the same circumstances instructs the drawee to pay, shall be liable to five years’ imprisonment and a fine of 375,000 euros. The same penalties shall apply to any person knowingly agreeing to receive…
Any person shall be liable to five years’ imprisonment and a fine of 375,000 euros if he or she: 1. Counterfeit or falsify a cheque or any other instrument referred to in article L. 133-4; 2. Knowingly making or attempting to make use of a counterfeit or falsified cheque or other instrument referred to in article L. 133-4; 3. knowingly accept payment by means of a counterfeit or falsified cheque…
It is punishable by seven years’ imprisonment and a fine of 750,000 euros for any person to manufacture, acquire, hold, transfer, offer or make available equipment, instruments, computer programmes or any data designed or specially adapted to commit the offences referred to in 1° of Article L. 163-3.
Attempts to commit the offences referred to in 1° of article L. 163-3 and article L. 163-4 are punishable by the same penalties.
The penalties incurred are increased to ten years’ imprisonment and a fine of one million euros when the offences provided for in articles L. 163-3, L. 163-4 and L. 163-4-1 are committed by an organised gang.
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…
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