French Code of Criminal Procedure
In forceJurisdictional competence lies with the sentence enforcement judge of the court within whose jurisdiction is located either the prison in which the sentenced person is imprisoned or, if the sentenced person is free, his habitual residence or, if he does not have a habitual residence in France, the sentence enforcement judge of the court within whose jurisdiction is located the court that ruled in the first instance.
When a work release or semi-liberty measure is to be carried out outside the jurisdiction of the enforcement judge who ordered it, the offender is entered in the prison register of the prison located near the place where the measure is to be carried out; the sentence enforcement judge with jurisdiction to, where applicable, specify or modify the terms of enforcement of the measure, order or propose its withdrawal, is that of the court within whose jurisdiction this prison is located.
Where home detention under electronic surveillance or conditional release has been granted, the sentence enforcement judge with territorial jurisdiction is that of the court within whose jurisdiction the sentenced person's place of assignment or habitual residence set by the decision granting the measure is located.
The territorial jurisdiction defined in this article is assessed on the day the matter is referred to the enforcement judge; after the initial referral, the latter may automatically relinquish jurisdiction, at the request of the sentenced person or at the request of the public prosecutor, in favour of the enforcement judge of the new place of detention or the new habitual residence of the sentenced person when it is located in another jurisdiction. The court responsible for enforcing sentences of the court of appeal within whose jurisdiction the convicted person usually resides, is imprisoned or is serving his sentence according to the distinctions made in this article, shall have territorial jurisdiction.
