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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subsection 3: Reductions in sentences under articles 721-3 and 721-4

Article D117

The exceptional reduction in sentence provided for by article 721-3 as well as that provided for by article 721-4 may be granted in one or more instalments without exceeding one third of the sentence…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
B. - Temporary absences to prepare for professional or social reintegration and temporary absences to maintain family ties

Article D144

When the sentence enforcement judge grants a leave to go out with a view to preparing the convicted person's professional or social reintegration, he may in his order decide that the date and terms of…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
C. - Permission to go out in order to fulfil an obligation requiring the presence of the sentenced person

Article D145

A permission to go out for a period not exceeding one day may be granted with a view to fulfilling an obligation requiring the presence of the person sentenced to one or more custodial sentences for a…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title II: Detention

Article D51

In accordance with the provisions of the second paragraph of article 132-43 of the Criminal Code, the prohibitions on contact or appearance provided for by 9°, 11°, 12°, 13°, 18° and 18° bis of articl…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Orders given by the judicial authority

Article D55

In accordance with the provisions of Article 715, the investigating judge, the president of the investigating chamber and the president of the assize court, as well as the public prosecutor and the pu…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 3: Progression of the sentence

Article D88

The content of the sentence execution pathway and the procedures for defining and updating it are determined by the provisions of sub-section 2 of section 3 of Chapter I of Title I of Book II of the P…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 7: Placement outside prison, semi-liberty, electronic surveillance and temporary absences

Article D118

Independent of the cases in which they are extracted or transferred and the cases in which they are assigned to perform chores under the direct or constant supervision of staff, convicts may be outsid…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 1: Common provisions

Article D119

In the cases provided for by articles 723-1 and 723-7, measures to arrange the sentence under the regime of semi-liberty, external placement or home detention under electronic surveillance may be orde…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 2: Placement on the outside under the supervision of prison staff

Article D129

Prisoners placed on the outside may be subject to one or more of the obligations or prohibitions mentioned in the articles 131-36-2, 132-44 and 132-45 of the Penal Code.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: Various establishments used to serve sentences

Article D70

Finally sentenced persons are received in the prisons mentioned in article R. 112-15 of the Penitentiary Code or in the quarters of the penitentiary centres mentioned in article R. 112-16 of the same…

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