 Following long and passionate debates, the project was adopted by the Peers' Chamber by 127 votes against 96, then by the deputies by 210 votes against 95.The text benefited from the support of the thirteen peers who were also prelates, without whom the death penalty would not have been adopted by the "Chambre des pairs".The Anti-Sacrilege Act specified that for the sacrilege to be constituted, the act must take place "voluntarily, publicly and by hatred or contempt for religion".