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How to quote the French Law to kick fictional characters in jail

Summary:

Quotes from the French law, in the Penal Code, that could be used for fics about kicking Gabriel Agreste and his accomplices in jail.
That's it.
Yes it's serious. That's a gift for you, writers that are confused by the French language and need translations.

Notes:

For multiple stories I did, I had to look up at the French Penal Code to make sure that the punishment I gave was correct.
Someone (that I don't know but I got a potential friend out of it yay) talked in a Discord server, claiming to get confused about the information they could find on the internet related to how a trial was done in France.
Since I can translate things up, I proposed to help them find the right laws needed for their fic.

Here, you'll be able to find a few laws I thought could be used for canon events in the show. However, I only focused on the Penal Code, and things that could be, somewhat, related to canon events. Therefore if you're looking for something way too specific that is happening in your fic, it might not be in the list. I would need, one day, to focus on other possible topics (sexual harassment, breaking and entering, stealing, educational code...) as well and to mention all the topics used in the show. (ex: Education related code)

(See the end of the work for more notes.)

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Penal Code, First Book, Title III, Chapter 1, Section 1, article 131-1.

Levels of the criminal sentences used by physical people are :

  • Lifelong criminal reclusion or criminal detention
  • 30 years maximum of criminal reclusion or criminal detention
  • 20 years maximum of criminal reclusion or criminal detention
  • 15 years maximum of criminal reclusion or criminal detention
  • The criminal reclusion or criminal detention needs to be at least 10 years.

 

Penal code, First book, Title III, Chapter 1, Article 131-11.

When an offense is punished with one or multiple complementary sentences (…) the jurisdiction can declare that the complementary penalty or one or multiple of them are established as principal sentences.

The jurisdiction can fix the maximum time in prison or the maximum amount for the fine with it. (...)The imprisonment or the fine that the jurisdiction fixes can't be more than the sentences established for the crimes condemned.

 


Villains and their willing accomplices

Penal code, Book II, Title I, Chapter II, Article 212-1.

Established as a crime against humanity and punished by criminal reclusion at perpetuity one of the acts below executed with a concerted plan of a generalized attack against a group in the population : injury to life, extermination (…) forced deportation or transfer of a population (…) other inhuman act with an analogous characterisation that can intentionally cause great suffering or great harm on mental and physical integrity.


Penal code, Book II, Title I, Chapter II, Article 212-3.

The participation in a group or an agreement established between people in the preparation, charaterized by one or multiple material facts, or one of the crimes established in the article (...) 212-1 (…) is punished by a criminal reclusion at perpetuity.


Penal code, Book II, Title I, Subheading I, Chapter III, Article 213-3.

People (…) declared criminally responsible, (…) of crimes against humanity gain (…):

  1. Sentences mentioned in the article 131-39 (1 000 000 euros if the crime doesn't have a specific fine established)
  2. Taking every material goods that the person owns.

 

Penal Code, Book II, Title II, Chapter I, Article 221-5-1.

The fact to propose an offer or promise to someone to give them gifts, advantages in order to have that person commit, including outside of the national territory, an assassination or poisoning is punished, when the crime isn't committed and attempted to happen, to 10 years of prison, and a fine of 150 000 euros.


Penal Code, Book II, Title II, Chapter II, Article 222-7.

Violence that caused death without initially intending it is punished by 15 years of criminal reclusion.


Penal Code, Book II, Title II, Chapter II, Article 222-8.

Infraction defined in the article 222-7 is punished of 20 years of criminal reclusion when:

  • done on a minor of 15 years old
  • done on a person particularly vulnerable due to their age, disease (…) known by the author of the act.
  • Being an adoptive or blood related member of the victim's family.
  • (…)
  • Done by multiple people acting as an accomplice or author of the act.
  • Done with premedication.
  • Use of a threat or weapon.

The sentence is 30 years of criminal reclusion when:

  • done on a minor of 15 years old by a legitimate guardian or someone that has authority on the child. (…)


Penal Code, Book IV, Title II, Chapter I, Article 421-1 .

A terrorist act is an intentional act related to an individual or collective business that has for goal to gravely disturb the public order with the use of intimidation, terror, and when:

  1. They voluntarily attempt to harm people's life, integrity, an act of sequestration or kidnapping, misappropriation of aircrafts, boats or any means of transport (…)
  2. Thievery, extortion, destruction, degradation, deterioration, computing infractions (…)

 

Penal Code, Book IV, Title II, Chapter I, Article 421-2-4.

The act of giving an offer or promise to someone, proposing gifts and advantages, to threatening or forcing them in order to join a group (…) and will commit one or multiple terrorist acts (…) is punished, even if it is not followed by actual acts, of 10 years of prison and a fine of 150 000 euros.


Penal Code, Book IV, Title II, Chapter I, Article 421-2-4-1.

The act, by someone that has some authority over a minor, to make said minor participate in a group formed to prepare, shown by material facts, of a terrorist act (…) is punished by 15 years of criminal reclusion and a fine of 225 000 euros.

When the act is committed by someone that has parental authority over the minor, the jurisdiction decides if the adult will have a partial or total suspension of their parental authority (…)


Penal Code, Book IV, Title II, Chapter I, Article 422-6.

The people recognized as guilty of terrorist acts can have as a complementary sentence the confiscation of all or a part of their assets (…)


Penal Code, Book IV, Title II, Chapter I, Article 421-7.

The product of the financial sentences (…) towards people recognized guilty of terrorist acts is given to the victims's funds (…)


Penal code, Book II, Title II, Chapter II, Article 222-14-2.

The fact that someone participates willingly to a group, formed temporarily, in the preparation, characterized by one or multiple material facts, of violent acts against people or degradation/destruction of goods is punished by 1 years of prison and a fine of 15 000 euros.



Emilie (or related to)

Penal Code, Book II, Title I, Subheading II, Chapter 1, Article 214-2.

To proceed in an intervention that has for its goal to give birth to a child that is genetically identical to someone else that is alive or dead is punished by 30 years of criminal reclusion and a fine of 7 500 000 euros. (organized group doing it as well)

↑↑ If you go with the idea in your fic that sentimonsters are clones of already existing (or dead) people. ↑↑

Penal Code, Book II, Title II, Chapter V, Article 225-17.

All attempts at a corpse's integrity, no matter the means used, is punished by 1 year of prison, and a fine of 15 000 euros. (…)



Gabriel Agreste (as the man, not the villain)

Penal Code, Book II, Title II, Chapter II, Article 222-33-1.

The action to harass someone with repeated acts or statements in the attempt or as consequences to lower the working condition (…) harm the victim's right or dignity, alternate the mental or physical health, compromise the victim's professional future, is punished by 2 years of prison and a fine of 30 000 euros.


Penal Code, Book II, Title II, Chapter V, Article 225-13.

The fact of obtaining from someone, that their vulnerability and dependance is known by the author, services that aren't rewarded or in exchange or a retribution that isn't adequate compared to the work done is punished by 5 years of prison and a fine of 150 000 euros.

The author can also be punished by a complementary sentence : interdiction of doing the professional activity (…) for 5 years.


Penal Code, Book II, Title II, Chapter V, Article 225-14-1.

Forced work is the act, by violence or threat, to force someone to work without a reward or an appropriate salary compared to the importance of the work done. Such action is punished by 7 years of prison, and a fine of 200 000 euros.


Penal Code, Book II, Title II, Chapter V, Article 225-15.

(…) Done on a minor :

  1. The infractions established in the articles 225-13 and 225-14 are punished with 7 years of prison and a fine of 200 000 euros.
  2. The infraction established in the article 225-14-1 is punished by 10 years of prison and a fine of 300 000 euros. (...)

Penal Code, Book II, Title II, Chapter VII, Section V, Article 227-17.

The act, done by the father or mother, of not doing, without legitimate reasons, their legal obligations toward their minor child to the point that it compromises the child's health, security, morality or education is punished with 2 years of prison and a fine of 30 000 euros.


Penal Code, Book II, Title II, Chapter VII, Section V, Article 227-17-1.

The act, done by the child's parent or any type of guardian that has parental authority or continued, to not register the child in an educational establishment, without an acceptable excuse, and even after the demand from the government, is punished with 6 months of prison and a fine of 7 500 euros. (…)


Penal Code, Book II, Title II, Chapter VII, Section V, Article 227-22.

The act to encourage or try to encourage the corruption of a minor is punished by 5 years of prison and a fine of 75 000 euros. This sentence gets 7 years of prison and 100 000 euros when the minor is contacted with the use of messages, electronic communication, or the acts are done in an educational establishment (…)

 


Sexual aggressions

Penal Code, Book II, Title II, Chapter II, Article 222-22.

A sexual aggression is a sexual harm committed with violence, without consent, with threat or surprise. A rape or any other sexual aggression are done when they are forced upon the victim (…) no matter the relationship existing between the abuser and the victim, including if they are married.

 

Notes:

Thanks for reading, I hope it will help you as much as it did for me.

If you are looking for something specific, just tell me and I'll try to look it up if I can and have the time for it. Maybe one day I'll have the time to look more into the Penal Code and other laws to talk about other topics.