French Code of Criminal Procedure
In forceAll disputes relating to enforcement are brought before the court or tribunal that handed down the sentence; this court may also rectify purely material errors contained in its decisions. In considering these requests, it takes into account the behaviour of the convicted person since the sentence was passed, his or her personality, and his or her material, family and social circumstances.
In criminal matters, the Investigating Chamber hears rectifications and enforcement incidents to which the judgments of the Assize Court may give rise.
The court or tribunal or the investigating division within whose jurisdiction the convicted person is detained shall also have jurisdiction to hear the applications provided for by this article, according to the distinctions provided for by the two preceding paragraphs. The public prosecutor of the court to which a request filed by a detained person is addressed may address this request to the court of the place of detention.
For the application of this article, the criminal court is composed of a single magistrate exercising the powers of the president. The same applies to the criminal appeals chamber or the investigating chamber, which is composed of its sole president, sitting as a single judge. However, this judge may, if the complexity of the case so warrants, decide of his or her own motion or at the request of the convicted person or the public prosecutor to refer the case to the court sitting as a panel. The judge who ordered the referral is then a member of the court. The referral decision constitutes a measure of judicial administration that is not subject to appeal.
