Chapter IV: Children in the entertainment, travelling, audiovisual, advertising and fashion industries

It is punishable by five years’ imprisonment and a fine of 75,000 Euros to disregard the provisions of Article L. 7124-16: 1° For any person, to have a child under the age of sixteen perform perilous feats of strength or dislocation exercises, or to entrust him or her with jobs that are dangerous to his or her life, health or morals ; 2° For any person other than the father…

Failure to comply with the provisions of article L. 7124-17 is punishable by five years’ imprisonment and a fine of 75,000 euros : 1° For the father, mother, guardian or employer, and generally any person having authority over or custody of a child, to deliver, free of charge or for consideration, their child, ward or apprentice under the age of sixteen years to persons exercising the professions referred to in…

Any person practising one of the professions referred to in article L. 7124-16 who, in breach of the provisions of article L. 7124-18, does not carry an extract from the birth certificates of children placed under his or her authority and does not provide proof of their origin and identity by producing a passport, is liable to six months’ imprisonment and a fine of €3,750.

Failure to comply with the provisions of article L. 7124-20 is punishable by a fine of 6,000 euros. A repeat offence is punishable by two years’ imprisonment.

In the event of an infringement of the provisions concerning child labour set out in this chapter, the court may, depending on the circumstances and only in the event of a repeat offence, order that the judgment be displayed. In the same case, the court may also order that the judgment be published, at the offender’s expense, in one or more newspapers in the département.

The penalties for offences relating to child labour are not applicable where the offence was the result of an error arising from the production of birth certificates, booklets or certificates containing false information or issued for another person.