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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Provisions applicable to natural persons

Article 798

In this case, bulletins no. 2 and no. 3 of the criminal record must not mention the conviction. The judgment granting rehabilitation may, however, order that the conviction be removed from the crimina…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Provisions applicable to natural persons

Article 790

The convicted person shall address the application for rehabilitation to the public prosecutor of his current residence or, if he lives abroad, to the public prosecutor of his last residence in France…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Provisions applicable to natural persons

Article 791

The public prosecutor obtains all relevant information from the various places where the sentenced person may have stayed.He also takes the opinion of the sentence enforcement judge.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Provisions applicable to natural persons

Article 793

The matter shall be referred to the court by the public prosecutor.The applicant may submit any relevant documents directly to the court.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Provisions applicable to natural persons

Article 787

The convicts who are in a state of legal recidivism, those who, after having obtained the rehabilitation, incurred a new sentence, those who, condemned contradictorily or by contumacy to a criminal se…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Provisions applicable to natural persons

Article 797

If the application is rejected, a new application may not be made until two years have elapsed, unless the rejection of the first application was due to insufficient time for proof. In this case, the…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Provisions applicable to natural persons

Article 789

If since the offence the convicted person has rendered eminent services to the country, the application for rehabilitation is not subject to any condition of time or completion of sentence. In this ca…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Provisions applicable to natural persons

Article 792

The public prosecutor shall be issued with:1° A copy of the sentencing judgments;2° An extract from the register of places of detention where the sentence was served stating the convicted person's con…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Provisions applicable to natural persons

Article 794

The court shall rule within two months on the submissions of the public prosecutor, the party or his lawyer heard or duly summoned.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Provisions applicable to natural persons

Article 795

The decision of the Investigating Chamber may be referred to the Court of Cassation in the manner provided for by this Code.

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