Article 407: Any person who commits an indecent assault, materialized or attempted without
violence, on a minor, shall be punished by imprisonment of one to three years and a fine of
360,000 to 1,000,000 francs.
Article 408: The offender of any indecent assault, materialized or attempted without violence on
a minor, if he is one of the persons mentioned in 1° of the second paragraph of article 406, shall
be punished by imprisonment of one to five years and a fine of 100,000 to 500,000 francs.
Article 409: The provisions of this section concerning minors shall apply when the indecent
assault is committed on a person incapable of protecting himself/ herself because of his/her
physical or mental condition.
In the event of conviction for one of the offenses provided for in this section, the judge may
order the deprivation of rights, the prohibition of appearing in certain places or the prohibition to
reside on the territory of the Republic and the prohibition on the exercise of professional activity
provided for in articles 68 to 72, 80 to 83 and 85.
Section 3: Incest
Article 410: Incest is constituted by having sexual intercourse with one’s ascendants or
descendants without limitation of degree, or with a brother or sister of the same or opposite sex.
Anyone who commits incest shall be punished by imprisonment of six months to one year and a
fine of 100,000 to 1,000,000 francs or one of these two penalties only.
Article411: Except in cases of notorious cohabitation or incestuous marriages, proceedings may
be instituted only on the complaint of a relative and only against the person or persons named in
the complaint.
Withdrawal of the complaint shall terminate the prosecution.
The withdrawal of the complaint after a conviction that has become final shall terminate the
effects of that conviction.
Article 412: The provisions concerning minors on indecent assault shall be applicable when the
incest is committed on a person incapable of protecting himself because of his physical or mental
state.
The deprivation of rights provided for in article 68 may be pronounced.
Section 4: Indecent or unnatural acts and pedophilia
Article 413: Any person who commits an indecent or unnatural act on a minor shall be punished
by imprisonment of two to five years and a fine of 200,000 to 2,000,000 francs.
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