ARTICLE 263: Criminal proceedings shall not preclude disciplinary action in instances where the law provides for the latter PARAGRAPH II: COMPUTER FRAUD ARTICLE 264: Whosoever, fraudulently, accesses or remains in all or part of an automated data processing system shall be punished with imprisonment of between two months to one year as well as a fine of between 200,000 to 5,000,000 francs, or only one of these two penalties. When this act results in the deletion or modification of data found in the system, or a change in this system's operation, the imprisonment shall be between two months to two years and a fine of between 1,000,000 to 10,000,000. ARTICLE 265: Whosoever, intentionally and with disregard for the rights of another, impedes or distorts the operation of an automated data processing system shall be punished with imprisonment of between three months to three years as well as a fine of between 1,000,000 to 10,000,000 francs, or only one of these two penalties. ARTICLE 266: Whoever, intentionally and with disregard for the rights of another, enters, directly or indirectly, data into an automated data processing system or deletes or modifies the data the system contains or their processing or transmission methods, shall be punished with imprisonment of between three months to three years as well as a fine of between 200,000 to 50,000,000 francs or only one of these two penalties. ARTICLE 267: Whosoever forges computerised documents, irrespective of their form, likely to cause harm to another, shall be punished with imprisonment of between one to five years as well as a fine of between 2,000,000 to 200,000, 000 francs. ARTICLE 268: Whosoever deliberately uses the computerised documents referred to in article 267 shall be punished with imprisonment of between one to five years as well as a fine of between 2,000,000 to 200,000,000 francs or only one of these two penalties. ARTICLE 269: The attempted commission of the felonies provided for in articles 265 to 268 shall be punished with the same penalties as the actual commission of the felony itself. ARTICLE 270: Whosoever participates in an association formed or a conspiracy conceived to prepare, make concrete by one or several material facts, one or many of the offences provided for in articles 264 to 268 shall be punished with the penalties provided for the said offence or for the offence punished harshest. ARTICLE 271: The court may order the seizure of equipment belonging to the offender and which was used to commit the offences provided for in this paragraph. SECTION IV: EXTORTION - FRAUDULENT DISPOSSESSION OF ANOTHER'S PROPERTY PARAGRAPH 1: EXTORSION - FRAUDULENT DISPOSSESSION ARTICLE 272: Whoever extorts by force, violence or constraint, the signature or handover of writing, deed, title, any document whatsoever, containing or serving as a bond, disposal or release, shall be punished with imprisonment of between five to twenty years, and optionally residency prohibition of between one to twenty years. Whoever, using written or verbal threats, revelations or unproven defamatory allegations, extorts or attempts to extort, either funds or valuables, the signature or handover of the written documents spelled out in the previous article, shall be punished with imprisonment of between one to five years. A residency prohibition of between one to ten years and a lifetime ban from holding public office may also be ordered. A distrainee who destroys, embezzles or destroys the property seized from him/her shall be punished with imprisonment of between six months to five years, and optionally a fine of between 20,000 to 300,000 francs. 46