Aiding the illegal movement or residence of a foreign national may not give rise to criminal proceedings under articles L. 823-1 or L. 823-2 when committed by :
1° The foreign national’s ascendants or descendants, their spouse, the foreign national’s brothers and sisters or their spouse;
2° The foreign national’s spouse, the person known to be living in a marital relationship with him or her, or the ascendants, descendants, brothers and sisters of the foreign national’s spouse or the person known to be living in a marital relationship with him or her;<3° Any natural or legal person where the act of which the foreign national is accused did not give rise to any direct or indirect consideration and consisted of providing legal, linguistic or social advice or support, or any other assistance provided for exclusively humanitarian purposes.
The exemptions provided for in 1° and 2° do not apply when the foreign national who is the beneficiary of assistance with unlawful movement or residence is living in a state of polygamy or when this foreign national is the spouse of a polygamous person residing in France with the first spouse.
The provisions of this article apply without prejudice to articles L. 821-1 and L. 823-11 to L. 823-17.