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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 4: Common provisions

Article 712-16-2

…risonment a prohibition on entering into contact with the victim or the civil party and, where applicable, on appearing in the vicinity of his home and place of work. This ban must be imposed, unless…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title XXIX: Special seizures

Article 706-141-1

…in Chapters III and IV of this Title shall apply to the property on which the seizure for value is carried out.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 4: Common provisions

Article 712-16-3

…le 706-112, of a legal protection measure, their curator, guardian or the person designated in application of articles 706-114 or 706-117 is notified of the date of the adversarial hearing provided fo…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: General provisions

Article 709-1-2

…ic prosecutor or the sentence enforcement judge or on the instructions of one of these magistrates, carry out a search of the home of a convicted person who, by virtue of his conviction, is prohibited…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 4: Reduction of sentences

Article 721-1-2

…ot benefit from the reductions in sentence mentioned in article 721 of this code only up to, in the case of a felony, three months per year of incarceration and seven days per month for a period of in…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 6: Placement under electronic surveillance

Article 723-13-1

A decree in the Council of State shall determine the conditions of application of this section.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 4: Common provisions

Article 712-22-1

…offences mentioned in the first paragraph of this article is enrolled or is due to continue his education in a public or private school, a copy of the decision is, in all cases, sent by the sentence…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 4: Reduction of sentences

Article 721-1-3

When several custodial sentences are combined and they are subject to more than one of the sentence reduction schemes provided for in articles 721,721-1-1 and 721-1-2, the regime that applies is that…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 4: Reduction of sentences

Article 721-1-1

Persons sentenced to a custodial sentence for one or more of the offences mentioned in articles 421-1 to 421-6 of the Penal Code, excluding those defined in articles 421-2-5 to 421-2-5-2 of the same c…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article 717-1 A

…of at least six weeks, in a specialised service to determine the arrangements for social and health care during the execution of his sentence. On the basis of this assessment, the sentence enforcement…

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