Anyone who commits genital mutilation shall be punished by imprisonment of one to five years and a fine of 200,000 to 2,000,000 francs. The penalty shall be doubled if the offender is a medical or paramedical professional. The penalty shall be five to twenty years imprisonment when the genital mutilation results in the victim’s death. The attempt shall be punishable. Article 395: The judge may, in addition, order the offender to be deprived of the right to practicing his profession for a period not exceeding five years if he belongs to the medical or paramedical profession. Article 396: There shall be no offence if the mutilation is carried out under the conditions set out in article 389. Article 397: Notwithstanding the provisions of article 304, the penalties provided for in article 394, paragraph 2, shall be imposed on the father and mother, relatives by marriage and parents of the victim up to and including the fourth degree, who, knowing that genital mutilation was imminent, did not report it to the administrative or judicial authorities or to any person with the power to prevent it. The penalties provided for in article 394, paragraph 2, shall also apply to the spouses, common law partner, and relatives of the perpetrator up to and including the fourth degree. Article 398: The provisions of articles 114, 115 and 130 shall not be applicable to the cases provided for in paragraphs 3 and 4 of article 394. Section 6: Torture and other inhuman and degrading treatment Article 399: Constitutes an act of torture, the fact of voluntarily inflicting on another person acute pain or suffering, physical or mental, with the aim in particular: 1° to obtain from him or third person information or a confession; 2° to punish him for an act he or a third person has committed or is suspected of having committed; 3° to intimidate or coerce him or a third person. It is also an act of torture to deliberately inflict severe physical or mental pain or suffering on another person for any other reason based on any form of discrimination. Anyone who commits an act of torture shall be punished by five to ten years imprisonment and a fine of 500,000 to 5,000,000 francs.