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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subsection 2: House arrest with electronic surveillance

Article 142-9

…the examining magistrate, the hours of presence at home or in the places of assignment may, in the case of modifications favourable to the person under investigation that do not affect the balance of…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subsection 1: Judicial supervision

Article 142-1

…with the consent of the person under investigation, order, or decide, that the part of the bond allocated to guarantee the rights of the victim or the creditor of a maintenance debt be paid to them in…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subsection 3: Pre-trial detention

Article 144-2

Where release is ordered on the basis of the provisions of articles 143-1,144,144-1,145-2,145-3 or 706-24-3, but that it is likely to place the victim at risk, the court shall place the person under i…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subsection 3: Pre-trial detention

Article 145-3

Where the duration of pre-trial detention exceeds one year in criminal cases or eight months in misdemeanour cases, decisions ordering its extension or rejecting applications for release must also inc…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subsection 2: House arrest with electronic surveillance

Article 142-13

A decree shall determine the detailed rules for the application of this subsection.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subsection 3: Pre-trial detention

Article 144-1

…ate release of the person remanded in custody, in accordance with the procedures set out in Article 147, as soon as the conditions set out in Article 144 and this article are no longer met.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subsection 2: House arrest with electronic surveillance

Article 142-7

…ded for the same period in accordance with the procedures set out in the first paragraph of Article 142-6, without the total duration of the placement exceeding two years. When the person referred to…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subsection 2: House arrest with electronic surveillance

Article 142-8

The second paragraph of Article 139 and the articles 140 and 141-3 are applicable to house arrest with electronic surveillance. A person who fails to comply with the obligations resulting from house a…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subsection 1: Judicial supervision

Article 141-3

When pre-trial detention is ordered following the revocation of a judicial supervision order against a person previously placed in pre-trial detention for the same acts, the cumulative period of deten…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subsection 1: Judicial supervision

Article 141-5

…after obtaining the agreement of the examining magistrate or on the instruction of this magistrate, carry out a search of the home of a person who, placed under judicial supervision or under house arr…

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