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Showing 201210 of 31120 articles for Art. Cass. 3e civ. 25-5-1977 n° 76-10.226

French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Recognition of convictions and probation decisions

Article 764-26

The sentence enforcement judge will assess whether the sentence or probation measure imposed or its duration should be adjusted. Where the nature of the probation measure or alternative penalty does n…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 3: Monitoring of probation measures and alternative sanctions and subsequent decision in the event of non-compliance

Article 764-35

Withdrawal of the certificate by the sentencing State, for whatever reason, shall preclude enforcement of the sentence or the probation decision if it occurs before the alternative sanction or the pro…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Recognition of convictions and probation decisions

Article 764-28

The sentenced person is immediately notified of the sentence enforcement judge's decision. The latter is informed by a statement in the notification that, if he does not accept this decision, he has a…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title VII: Residence ban

Article 762-2

The person sentenced to the residence ban is required to inform the sentence enforcement judge under whose supervision he or she is placed of any change of residence. Article 712-17 is applicable to a…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title VII: Residence ban

Article 762-3

The assistance measures provided for in

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title VIIa: Socio-judicial supervision

Article 763-3

During the period of socio-judicial monitoring or during imprisonment when the person sentenced to socio-judicial monitoring must carry out this measure following a custodial sentence, the sentence en…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title VII ter: Placement under mobile electronic surveillance as a security measure

Article 763-14

A decree in the Council of State shall determine the conditions for the application of this Title. This decree shall in particular specify the conditions under which the assessment provided for by Art…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: General provisions

Article 764-8

The transmission of the sentence or the probation decision, the certificate and all documents relating to the enforcement of the measures, as well as any exchange relating thereto, shall be effected d…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter II: Provisions relating to the recognition and monitoring, in the territory of other Member States of the European Union, of convictions and probation decisions handed down by French courts

Article 764-9

The public prosecutor at the court that has handed down a conviction or made a probation decision involving alternative sanctions or measures provided for in Articles 764-3 and 764-4 shall be competen…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: Receipt of applications for recognition and monitoring of convictions and probation decisions

Article 764-19

The competent public prosecutor is the one in whose jurisdiction the convicted person's lawful habitual residence is located. Failing this, the public prosecutor at the Paris judicial court has jurisd…

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