Provocation to commit the offence provided for in article L. 3421-1 or one of the offences provided for in articles 222-34 to 222-39 of the French Criminal Code, even if this provocation has not been followed by action, or the fact of presenting these offences in a favourable light, is punishable by five years’ imprisonment and a fine of 75,000 euros. The same penalties shall apply to incitement, even if…
At the request of the public prosecutor, officers of the judicial police and, on their orders or under their responsibility, the officers of the judicial police and deputy officers of the judicial police mentioned in article 20 and 1° ofarticle 21 of the code of criminal procedure are empowered, for the purposes of investigating and establishing the offence provided for in the second paragraph of article L. 3421-1 of this…
Refusal to undergo the checks provided for in article L. 3421-5 is punishable by two years’ imprisonment and a fine of €30,000.
Natural persons guilty of the offences provided for in the second paragraph of article L. 3421-1 and in article L. 3421-6 are also liable to the following additional penalties: 1° Suspension for a maximum of three years of the driving licence or driving permit for French motorised pleasure boats at sea and on inland waters; this suspension may not be limited to driving outside the scope of professional activity; it…
In the event of an offence under article L. 3421-1 and articles 222-34 to 222-39 of the Criminal Code, the State representative in the département may order, for a period not exceeding three months, the closure of any hotel, furnished house, guesthouse, public house, restaurant, club, dance hall, place of entertainment or their annexes or any place open to the public or used by the public where the offence has…
Contravening a closure order issued pursuant to article L. 3422-1 is punishable by six months’ imprisonment and a fine of €7,500.
The public prosecutor may order a person who has used drugs illegally or habitually and excessively consumed alcohol to submit to a therapeutic injunction in the form of treatment or medical supervision under the conditions set out in articles L. 3413-1 to L. 3413-4. The duration of the measure is six months, renewable three times under the same conditions. Public proceedings shall not be instituted against persons who comply with…
In all the cases provided for in article L. 3423-1, where it does not appear necessary to preserve the plants and substances seized, they shall be destroyed by a criminal investigation officer at the request of the public prosecutor.
Persons charged with offences under articles L. 3421-1 and L. 3425-2 may be notified, by order of the investigating judge, the juvenile judge or the liberty and custody judge, of a therapeutic injunction measure in accordance with the procedures defined in articles L. 3413-1 to L. 3413-4. The duration of the measure is a maximum of twenty-four months. This order continues to be enforced, where applicable, after the close of…
The sentencing court may, as an additional penalty, require persons who have committed the offence provided for in article L. 3421-1 to submit to a therapeutic injunction, in accordance with the procedures defined in articles L. 3413-1 to L. 3413-4.The duration of the measure is twenty-four months at most.
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