Murder committed with premeditation is assassination. Assassination is punished by a réclusion criminelle for life.
The first two paragraphs of article 132-23 governing the safety period apply to the offence under the present article. Nevertheless, where the victim is a minor who is under fifteen years of age and the assassination is preceded by or accompanied by rape, torture or acts of barbarity, the Cour d’assises may by a special decision either increase the safety period to thirty years, or, where it imposes réclusion criminelle for life, decide that none of the measures enumerated under Article 132-23 shall be granted to the convicted person. Where the sentence is commuted, and unless the decree of pardon otherwise provides, the safety period is equal to the length of the sentence resulting from the pardon.