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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 4: Semi-liberty regime

Article D138

…ntinuation of semi-liberty may be subject to one or more of the obligations or prohibitions mentioned in articles 131-36-2, 132-44 and 132-45 of the Penal Code, which the sentence enforcement judge ma…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 4: Semi-liberty regime

Article D137

Sentenced persons admitted to the semi-liberty regime pursuant to the provisions of articles 132-25 of the Penal Code and 723-1 of the Code of Criminal Procedure undertake to comply with the condition…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Discipline

Article D249

Persons wishing to be authorised to sit on the Disciplinary Committee as an assessor shall send a letter of application to the president of the judicial court with territorial jurisdiction, specifying…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Discipline

Article D250

The authorisation issued by the president of the judicial court is withdrawn at the request of the authorised person or when the latter no longer fulfils the conditions set out in Article R. 234-7 of…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter II: Measures and conditions to which parolees are or may be subject

Article D530

The measures and conditions attached to conditional release are, according to the distinctions set out in this chapter, mandatory or special. They are intended to facilitate and verify the convicted p…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Special conditions

Article D537

Where it is not established that the victim has already been fully compensated, the sentence enforcement judge or sentence enforcement court may subject the sentenced person to the obligation to make…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter II: Transmission of requests, notifications or service by electronic means of telecommunication

Article D590

For the application of the provisions of Article 803-1, the lawyer may make his or her electronic address known after the first appearance of the person under investigation, or the first hearing of th…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Parole application procedure

Article D522

To facilitate the monitoring of the situation of convicts with regard to conditional release, a file is kept in all prisons which shows the foreseeable date of their release and the date of expiry of…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Parole application procedure

Article D528

Any judgment or ruling ordering conditional release shall state the reasons on which it is based in accordance with the provisions of articles 712-4, 712-13 and 729, as well as those of this article.…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Special conditions

Article D538

In accordance with the provisions of the first paragraph of Article 731-1, the person is also subject, unless otherwise decided by the sentence enforcement judge or court, to a treatment order in acco…

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