emblem or the national coat of arms, shall be punished by imprisonment for a period of one month to two years and a fine of 50,000 to 500,000 francs, or by one of these penalties only A person who, under the same conditions, tears off, destroys, damages or outrages the emblem or coat of arms of a foreign nation used on the occasion of a public ceremony or displayed publicly by an official representative of that nation accredited to the Government of the Republic shall be liable to the same penalty. Section 2: Contempt against public authorities Article 268: Anyone who, under the conditions provided for in article 184, insults the Prime Minister, 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 or the President of the Supreme Court, the President of the Court of Auditors or any other President or head of a national institution shall be punished by imprisonment of between one month and two years and a fine of between 200,000 and 2,000,000 francs. Article 269: Any person who, under the conditions set out in article 184, in the exercise of his or her duties or on the occasion of the exercise of his or her duties, outrages a member of the Government, a member of the National Assembly, a Senator, a member of the Economic, Social, Environmental and Cultural Council, a magistrate of a Supreme Court or a member of a national institution, shall be punished by imprisonment for a period of between fifteen days and two years and a fine of between 100,000 and 1,000,000 francs. Article 270: Any person who, under the conditions provided for in article 184, outrages a magistrate other than those referred to in the preceding article, a member of the jury or assessor, in the exercise of his duties or during the exercise of his duties, shall be punished by imprisonment for a period of eight days to two years and a fine of 50,000 to 500,000 francs. Article 271: If the contempt referred to in articles 267, 268 and 269 is committed during an official ceremony, in an assembly or at a court hearing, the penalty is imprisonment for one to three years. Articles 114 and 115 shall not apply. Article 272: Contempt committed under the conditions provided for in article 184 and directed at any public official, in the exercise or on the occasion of the exercise of his duties, shall be punishable by imprisonment for a period of fifteen days to three months and a fine of 50,000 to 500,000 francs or one of these two penalties only. Article 273: Any person who, under the conditions provided for in Article 184, seeks to throw discredit on a judicial act or decision, in such conditions as to undermine the authority of the