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Article 1789 of the French General Tax Code

In the event that an offender who has been subject for less than three years to one of the tax fines or an increase provided for in articles 1729, 1729 B and 1734 intentionally commits a new offence under one of these texts, he may be brought before the criminal court, at the request of the competent administration, and punished by six months’ imprisonment. The criminal court may order, at the request of the authorities, that the judgment be published in full or in excerpts in the newspapers it designates and posted in the places it indicates, all at the expense of the convicted person. All the provisions of article L. 216-3 of the Consumer Code are applicable in this case.

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Article 1789

Au cas où un contrevenant ayant fait l’objet depuis moins de trois ans d’une des amendes fiscales ou d’une majoration prévues aux articles 1729, 1729 B et 1734 commet intentionnellement une nouvelle infraction prévue par l’un de ces textes, il peut être traduit devant le tribunal correctionnel, à la requête de l’administration compétente, et puni d’un emprisonnement de six mois. Le tribunal correctionnel peut ordonner, à la demande de l’administration, que le jugement soit publié intégralement ou par extrait dans les journaux qu’il désigne et affiché dans les lieux qu’il indique, le tout aux frais du condamné. Toutes les dispositions de l’article L. 216-3 du code de la consommation sont applicables dans ce cas.

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