PROVOCATION TO SUICIDE
PENAL CODE
(Legislative Part)
Section 6: From provocation to suicide
Article 223-13
Provoking the suicide of another is punishable by three years’ imprisonment and a fine of 45,000 euros when the provocation was followed by suicide or a suicide attempt.
The penalties are increased to five years’ imprisonment and a fine of 75,000 euros when the victim of the offense defined in the previous paragraph is a minor of fifteen years.
Article 223-14
Propaganda or advertising, whatever the mode, in favor of products, objects or methods recommended as means of killing oneself is punished by three years’ imprisonment and a fine of 45,000 euros.
Article 223-15
When the offenses provided for in Articles 223-13 and 223-14 are committed through the written or audiovisual press, the specific provisions of the laws governing these matters are applicable with regard to the determination of the persons responsible.
Article 223-15-1
Legal persons may be declared criminally responsible under the conditions provided for in article 121-2 for the offenses defined in this section.
The penalties incurred by legal persons are:
1 ° The fine, in accordance with the terms set out in article 131-38;
2 ° The penalties mentioned in 2 ° to 9 ° of article 131-39;
3 ° The penalty mentioned in 1 ° of article 131-39 for the offense provided for in the second paragraph of article 223-13.
The prohibition mentioned in 2 ° of article 131-39 relates to the activity in the exercise of which or on the occasion of the exercise of which the offense was committed.
