be punished in time of war by imprisonment of five to twenty years, and in time of peace by imprisonment for a term of between one and five years and a fine of between 300,000 and 3,000,000 francs. In addition to the persons referred to in article 30, shall be punished as accomplice anyone who: 1° provides, without coercion and with knowledge of their intentions, subsidies, means of survival, accommodation, place of retreat or meeting place to the perpetrators of felonies or misdemeanors against State security; 2° knowingly carries the correspondence of the perpetrators of such felonies or misdemeanors or knowingly facilitates, in any way whatsoever, the search for, concealment, transport or transmission of the object of the felonies or misdemeanors. In addition to the persons referred to in article 205, shall be punished for concealment anyone who: 1° knowingly conceals the objects or tools used or to be used to commit the felony or misdemeanor or the material objects or documents obtained by the felony or misdemeanor; 2°knowingly destroys, conceals, hides or alters a public or private document of a nature to facilitate the investigation of the crime or misdemeanor, the finding of evidence or the prosecution of the perpetrators and accomplices. The spouse, descendants and ascendants in the direct line of descent of the convict benefit from the exculpatory excuse. Other relatives and allies up to and including the fourth degree may benefit from the exculpatory excuse. Article 188: Shall benefit from the exculpatory excuse: 1° anyone who, before the commission or attempted commission of an offence against State security, gives firsthand information to the authorities; 2° except for specific offenses that he has committed, anyone who, having been part of an armed group without exercising any command, quits at the first warning of the authorities or surrenders to them. Shall benefit from mitigating excuse, anyone who: l° reports the offence or its attempt before the proceedings are initiated; 2° after the initiation of the proceedings, secures the arrest of the offenders or accomplices either of the same offence or of other offences of the same nature or of equal gravity.