the event of a forced landing, the flight shall be deemed to continue until the Competent Authority takes charge of the aircraft and the persons and properties on board. Section 6: Forgery in private, commercial or bank records Article 479: Any person who, in any of the ways set forth in articles 307 and 308, commits or attempts to commit forgery in a private, commercial or bank document shall be punished by imprisonment for one to five years and a fine of 300,000 to 3,000,000 francs. Shall be punished with the same penalty, whoever knowingly makes use or attempts to make use of the forged document. The above provisions shall not apply to forged certificates and acts referred to in article 481. Article 480: Constitutes a blank signature, a signature appended in advance to the bottom of a document on which the signatory has intentionally left a blank to be filled in later. Any person who, in order to obtain an advantage for himself or for a third party, or in order to cause damage to another person, abuses a blank signature entrusted to him, by fraudulently writing on it an obligation, a discharge or any other act, different from those which he was obliged or authorized to draw up, and by this means compromises or attempts to compromise the personality or fortune of the signatory, shall be punished by imprisonment for a term of one to five years, and by a fine of 300,000 to 3,000,000 francs. Article 481: Shall be punished by an imprisonment of six months to two years and a fine of 50,000 to 500,000 francs, or by one of these two penalties only, whoever : 1° knowingly draws up an attestation or certificate stating materially inaccurate facts; 2° falsifies or modifies in any way whatsoever an attestation or certificate that was originally true; 3° knowingly makes use of an inaccurate or falsified attestation or certificate. Shall be punished with the same penalties, any person belonging to the medical or paramedical profession who, in the exercise of his functions and for the benefit of others, falsely certifies or hides the existence of illnesses, disabilities, infirmities or a state of pregnancy, or provides false information on the origin of an illness, disability or infirmity or the cause of death. If the documents mentioned in this article are drawn up by a public official, acting in the exercise or on the occasion of the exercise of his functions, the penalties shall be increased to double. Attempt shall be punishable. Article 482: Any person who fraudulently reproduces or imitates or falsifies the seals, stamps, marks or prints on the letterhead of a legal private person or of a private individual shall be