Article 305: Anyone who has knowledge of deprivation, ill-treatment or sexual aggression
inflicted on a minor of fifteen years of age or on a person who is unable to protect himself
because of his age, illness, disability, physical or mental deficiency or pregnancy, and fails to
inform the judicial or administrative authorities thereof shall be punished by imprisonment of
one to three years and a fine of 100,000 to 1,000,000 francs.
The provisions of the preceding paragraph shall apply even to persons bound by professional
secrecy.
Section 9: Illegal status use
Article 306: Shall be punishable by imprisonment of six months to one year and a fine of
100,000 to 1,000,000 francs the fact, by the founder or the de jure or de facto director of an
enterprise which pursues a profit-making aim, of including or allowing to be included, in an
advertisement carried out in the interest of the enterprise which he proposes to found or which he
manages:
1 ° the name, with mention of status, of a member or a former member of the Government, of the
Parliament, of a decision-making body of a territorial entity, of the Constitutional Council, of the
Supreme Court, of the Court of Auditors, of the Superior Council of the Judiciary, of the
Economic, Social, Environmental and Cultural Council or of a collegial body invested by law
with a mission of control or advice;
2° the name, with mention of his or her function, of a magistrate or former magistrate, of a civil
servant or former civil servant or of a public or ministerial official;
3° the name of a person with mention of the decoration that was awarded to him by the public
authority;
The same penalties shall apply to a banker or seller making use of the advertising referred to in
the preceding paragraph.
CHAPTER 8: OFFENSES AGAINST STATE’S GUARANTEES
Section 1: Forgery and use of forgeries
Article 307: Any public official who commits forgery in a public or authentic document, in the
exercise of his duties, is punished by imprisonment of two to ten years and a fine of 200,000 to
2,000,000 francs:
1° either by forged signatures, by alteration of documents, writings or signatures, by
impersonation, by writings made or inserted after the drawing up of the documents;
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