Section 3: Failure to comply with a decision to refuse entry

A foreigner who fails to present the competent administrative authority with the travel documents required to enforce a decision refusing entry into France or, in the absence of such documents, fails to provide the information required to enforce the decision or provides inaccurate information about his or her identity, shall be liable to three years’ imprisonment.A foreigner convicted under this article shall be liable to a supplementary penalty of ten…

This prison sentence is increased to five years when the acts are committed by violence, breaking and entering or bribery, and to seven years when the acts are committed as part of a group or under the threat of a weapon or an explosive, incendiary or toxic substance.The same penalties shall apply to any person who knowingly facilitates, by aid or assistance, the preparation or commission of the offences provided…

A foreigner who evades or attempts to evade the enforcement of a decision refusing entry into France is liable to three years’ imprisonment.These penalties also apply in the event of a foreigner refusing to submit to the transport arrangements designated for the ex officio enforcement of the decision refusing entry.A foreigner convicted under this article is liable to the additional penalty of ten years’ disqualification from French territory. .