If the violence has not caused injury or illness, the penalty shall be imprisonment of five to
twenty years if committed with premeditation.
If the violence is committed with intent to kill, the guilty party is punished with life
imprisonment.
Section 4: Threats and acts of intimidation against persons holding public office
Article 279: Shall be punishable by imprisonment of one month to three years and a fine of
100,000 to 1,000,000 francs whoever threatens to commit a felony or an misdemeanor against
persons or properties of a person holding an elective public office, a magistrate, a lawyer, a
public or ministerial official, a member of the National Gendarmerie, a member of the National
Police, the customs, the labor and social laws inspection, the correctional administration, a
military or volunteer firefighter or any other person in a position of public authority, in the
exercise or because of his duties, when the status of the victim is apparent or known to the
offender.
Article 280: Shall be punished by imprisonment of one month to one year and a fine of 100.000
to 1.000.000 francs anyone who threatens to commit a felony or misdemeanor against persons or
property of an agent, a public transport network operator, a teacher or any member of staff
working in public school establishments or any other person entrusted with a public service
mission, as well as a health professional, in the exercise of his or her duties, when the victim’s
status is apparent or known to the offender.
Article 281: The same penalties shall be applicable in the event of threats made against the
spouse, ascendants or descendants in the direct family line of the persons mentioned in the two
preceding articles or any other person usually living in their home, by reason of the functions
exercised by these persons.
The penalty is doubled when it is a threat of death.
Section 5: Rebellion
Article 282: The fact of resisting, by means of threats, violence or assault, a public official
acting in the exercise of his duties, for the execution of laws, orders of the public authority,
decisions or judicial mandates, constitutes rebellion.
Article 283: Anyone who commits rebellion shall be punished by imprisonment of three months
to one year.
If the offender is carrying a weapon, the sentence of imprisonment shall be from one to two
years.
Article 284: If the rebellion is committed in a group, the sentence of imprisonment shall be
increased to five years.
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