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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Security surveillance

Article R53-8-49

The person placed under secure supervision is supervised by the sentence enforcement judge in whose jurisdiction the person is ordinarily resident, assisted by the prison integration and probation ser…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subsection 4: Rights of persons detained in socio-medico-judicial security centres

Article R53-8-69

The sentence enforcement judge may grant a detainee escorted leave, particularly in the event of a serious family event.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 3: Obligations incumbent on the person entered in the file

Article R53-8-17

The obligation to report provided for in the fifth paragraph of Article 706-53-5 shall be carried out, every month, every six months or every year as the case may be, within the periods determined in…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 5: Request for rectification, deletion or restriction of the obligation to submit data

Article R53-8-31

If the request is granted, the public prosecutor may, within ten days, contest this decision before the president of the investigating chamber. This challenge suspends the execution of the decision.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: Courts dealing with secure detention

Article R53-8-40

The president of the chamber and the two councillors of the court of appeal who make up the regional court for secure detention belong to the court of appeal within whose jurisdiction this court sits.…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Searching the directory

Article R53-21-8

During searches, the identities consulted shall also include the result of the check carried out by the department managing the file in accordance with article R. 53-21-4. If the person concerned was…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Enforcement of pre-trial detention

Article R57-5-8

The detainee placed in judicial isolation is subject to the detention regime provided for by articles R. 57-7-62 and R. 57-7-63.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter IX: Relations between prisoners and the outside world

Article R57-8-7

Pre-trial detainees exercise their right to maintain links with the outside world under the supervision of the judicial authority, under the conditions determined by the provisions of Title IV of Book…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1a: Complaints by electronic means

Article D8-2-8

The terms and conditions under which victims filing a complaint electronically must identify themselves in a secure manner shall be specified by order of the Minister of Justice and the Minister of th…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Conditions, procedures for issuing authorisation and related obligations

Article D1-12-8

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