Only a few days after a shocking video surfaced (and quickly went viral) showing a Parisian woman getting hit in the face by the catcaller she had reportedly just shut down, France has officially made catcalling and other street harassment punishable by law. Under the new law passed on Wednesday, sexual harassment on the country's streets will now result in on-the-spot fines of up to €750 (about $871), according to Reuters.

"Harassment in the street has previously not been punished. From now on, it will be," Marlène Schiappa, France's secretary for gender equality and a primary architect of the bill, told Europe 1 radio on Thursday. "What's key is...that the laws of the French republic forbid insulting, intimidating, threatening, and following women in public spaces," she said.

Last fall, when the idea of an anti-catcalling bill was first proposed—following the rise of the #BalanceTonPorc (or #SquealOnYourPig) movement, which echoed the U.S.'s #MeToo movement against sexual misconduct—Schiappa further responded to critics who have said such measures would put an end to seduction. "There is some reluctance. Some say we will kill the culture of the 'French lover' if we punish street harassment," she told Reuters at the time. "But it's the opposite. We want to preserve seduction, chivalry, and 'l'amour à la francaise' by saying what is key is consent. Between consenting adults everything is allowed; we can seduce, talk, but if someone says 'no,' it's 'no,' and it's final."

Besides outlawing and attaching fines to street harassment, the newly passed bill also makes it easier for adults to be charged with rape for having sex with minors age 15 and under who are "judged not competent to give consent," per Reuters. Additionally, the new law extends the statute of limitations for underage rape victims to file complaints; the deadline is now 30 years from their 18th birthday, a 10-year extension.