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Where a misdemeanor is committed through a computer system, the penalties set out in
the first paragraph of Article 379 may be doubled.
Article 431-56
Anyone who obtains personal, confidential or privileged information by any fraudulent
means or by using false names or acting under false pretences shall be punished with the
penalties set out in the first paragraph of Article 379.
Article 431-57
Anyone who harbors information that has been removed, held or obtained by means of a
crime or misdemeanor shall be punished with the penalties referred to in the previous
paragraph.
CHAPTER VIII: OFFENSES COMMITTED BY ANY MEANS OF PUBLIC
DISSEMINATION
Article 431-58
The following are considered to be means of public dissemination: radio and television
broadcasting, cinema, the press, billposting, exhibitions, the distribution of writings or
images of all kinds, speeches, singing, shouts or threats uttered in public places or at
public meetings, any technical process intended to reach the public and, in general, any
means of digital communication that is delivered electronically.
Article 431-59
A prison term of six (6) months to seven (7) years and/or a fine of 500,000 to 10,000,000
francs shall be imposed on anyone who carries out the following acts in respect of any
immoral printed matter, writings, drawings, posters, engravings, paintings, photographs,
films or negatives, photographic matrices or reproductions, emblems, objects or images:
1. manufacturing or holding them with a view to trading, distributing, renting, displaying
or exhibiting them;
2. importing them or arranging their import, exporting them or arranging their export, or
transporting them or arranging their transport knowingly for the same purposes;
3. displaying, exhibiting or projecting them for public view;
4. selling or renting them or offering them for sale or rent, even if not publicly;
5. making them available, even free of charge and even if not publicly, in any form,
directly or indirectly;
6. distributing them or supplying them for distribution by any means.
The maximum penalty shall be imposed where the acts referred to above relate to
pornographic material.