judiciary or its independence, shall be punished by one to six months imprisonment and a fine of 50,000 to 500,000 francs, or by one of these two penalties only. The judge may, in addition, order the convict to be prohibited from appearing in certain places. Article 274: Any person who, before the final judicial decision is made, publishes comments intended to exert pressure on the statements of witnesses or on the decision of the investigating or trial courts shall be liable to the penalties provided for in the preceding article. Article 275: If the offenses provided for in this section are committed through the press, the second paragraph of article 183 shall apply. Section 3: Violence against public authorities Article 276: Shall be punished by an imprisonment of two to five years and a fine of 100.000 to 1.000.000 francs, whoever exerts violence or assaults, without resulting in injury, on the President of the National Assembly, the President of the Senate, the President of the Constitutional Council, the President of the Economic, Social, Environmental and Cultural Council, the Ombudsman of the Republic, the President of the Supreme Court, the President of the Court of Auditors or any other president or head of a national institution on the occasion of or in the exercise of his duties. If the victim is a member of that assembly, council, court or institution or a magistrate other than those referred to in the preceding paragraph, a member of the jury or assessor, the penalty shall be imprisonment for two to five years and a fine of 50,000 to 500,000 francs. The penalty is three to five years imprisonment if the assault takes place under the conditions referred to in the first paragraph of article 270. Articles 114 and 115 are not applicable. The judge may, in addition, deprive the convicted person of the rights listed in article 68. Article 277: Violence or assault of the kind mentioned in the preceding article directed against a public official, if it takes place while he is performing his duties or on the occasion of the performance of his duties is punishable by imprisonment of one month to three years and a fine of 100,000 to 1,000,000 francs. Article 278: If the violence referred to in the two preceding articles has caused injury or illness, the penalty is imprisonment for five to twenty years. If the violence has caused death, the maximum of this penalty shall be pronounced. Articles 114 and 115 shall not applicable.