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| PENAL CODE (Legislative Part) |
| Section 1: Receiving |
| Article 321-1 |
| The concealment is the fact of concealing, holding or transmitting a thing, or acting as an intermediary in order to transmit it, knowing that this thing comes from a crime or a misdemeanor. The fact, knowingly, of benefiting, by any means, from the proceeds of a crime or an offense also constitutes concealment. Receiving stolen goods is punished by five years’ imprisonment and a fine of 375,000 euros. |
| Article 321-2 |
| Receiving is punished by ten years’ imprisonment and a fine of 750,000 euros: 1 ° When it is committed in the usual way or by using the facilities provided by the exercise of a professional activity; 2 ° When it is committed in an organized group. |
| Article 321-3 |
| The fine penalties provided for in articles 321-1 and 321-2 may be increased beyond 375,000 euros up to half the value of the goods concealed. |
| Article 321-4 |
| When the offense from which the concealed property originates is punishable by a custodial sentence of a duration greater than that of the imprisonment incurred in application of articles 321-1 or 321-2, the receiver is punished by the penalties attached to the offense of which he has become aware and, if this offense is accompanied by aggravating circumstances, the penalties attached solely to the circumstances of which he has knowledge. |
| Article 321-5 |
| The concealment is assimilated, with regard to recidivism, to the offense from which the concealed good originates. |
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