French Code of Criminal Procedure
In forceThe investigating judge may place the legal entity under judicial supervision under the conditions set out in articles
139and
140by subjecting it to one or more of the following obligations:
1° Posting of a bond, the amount and time limits for payment of which, in one or more instalments, shall be determined by the investigating judge;
2° Provision, within a time limit, for a period and in an amount determined by the investigating judge, of personal or real security intended to guarantee the victim's rights;
3° Prohibition on issuing cheques other than those that enable the drawer to withdraw funds from the drawee or those that are certified or on using payment cards ;
4° Prohibition from exercising certain professional or social activities where the offence was committed in the exercise or on the occasion of the exercise of these activities and where there is a risk that a new offence will be committed;
5° Placement under the supervision of a judicial representative appointed by the investigating judge for a renewable period of six months, with regard to the activity in the exercise or on the occasion of which the offence was committed.
For the obligations provided for in 1° and 2°, the provisions of
articles 142 to 142-3shall apply.
The prohibitions provided for in 3° and 4° may only be ordered by the investigating judge insofar as they are incurred as a penalty by the legal person being prosecuted. The measure provided for in 5° may not be ordered by the investigating judge if the legal entity cannot be sentenced to the penalty provided for in 3° of
Article 131-39of the Penal Code.
In the event of a breach of judicial supervision, the
articles 434-43and
434-47of the Penal Code shall apply.
