BOOK IV
FELONIES AND MISDEMEANOURS AGAINST THE NATION, THE STATE AND THE PUBLIC PEACE

TITLE III
VIOLATION OF THE AUTHORITY OF THE STATE

CHAPTER II
OFFENCES AGAINST THE GOVERNMENT COMMITTED BY CIVIL SERVANTS

SECTION II
OF ABUSE OF AUTHORITY COMMITTED AGAINST INDIVIDUALS

Paragraph 1
Of offences against personal liberty

ARTICLE 432-4
(Ordinance no. 2000-916 of 19 September 2000 Article 3 Official Journal of 22 September 2000 in force 1 January 2002)

The arbitrary ordering or carrying out a violation of personal freedom committed by a person holding public authority or discharging a public service mission, acting in the exercise or on the occasion of his office or mission, is punished by seven years' imprisonment and a fine of €100,000.

Where the violation consists of a detention or a restraint exceeding seven days, the penalty is increased to thirty years' criminal imprisonment and to a fine of €450,000.

Article 8
War crimes
2. For the purpose of this Statute, "war crimes" means:
(a) Grave breaches of the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949, namely, any of the following acts against persons or property protected under the provisions of the relevant Geneva Convention:
(vii) Unlawful deportation or transfer or unlawful confinement