One more step in favor of “repented”. Holders of a fake health pass can now go to a vaccination center to regularize their situation, without fear of being prosecuted.
In one document released Monday, February 14 to all health professionals, the Directorate General for Health (DGS) calls on those responsible for vaccination centers to welcome all holders of a fake health pass, including those who have had it for more than thirty days, the legal deadline for regularizing his situation. The controller will not be required to “control the thirty-day period” ni to inform law enforcement », Explains the DGS.
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According to the law “strengthening the tools for managing the health crisis”, adopted on January 16, the holder of a vaccination pass has thirty days to be vaccinated without fear of criminal prosecution. After this period, the holders of a false pass can be prosecuted and incur “ three years in prison and a €45,000 fine”.
Thirty day period
To fight against the trafficking of false health passes, the government had been working since December on the establishment of a ” repentance system ». “Someone should not be prevented from getting vaccinated because they already have a fake pass,” said the Minister of Health and Solidarity, Olivier Véran, who had called “show humanity”.
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Asked at the microphone of France info on December 16, the president of the union of the French Union for Free Medicine, Jérôme Marty, welcomed the initiative. « This is the right approach. Reach out, open arms, welcome”he explained, making a distinction between the case of counterfeiters and those “ who have gone astray”.