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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title XVIII: Prosecution, investigation and trial of offences committed by legal persons

Article 706-41

The provisions of this Code shall apply to the prosecution, investigation and trial of offences committed by legal persons, subject to the provisions of this Title.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: General provisions

Article 706-48

Minors who are victims of one of the offences mentioned in Article 706-47 may be the subject of a medical-psychological assessment designed to assess the nature and extent of the harm suffered and to…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Jurisdiction and procedure before courts of first instance

Article 712-4

Measures falling within the jurisdiction of the sentence enforcement judge are granted, modified, deferred, refused, withdrawn or revoked by order or reasoned judgment of this magistrate acting ex off…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: General provisions

Article 707-4

The provisions of articles 707-2 and 707-3 are also applicable to a convicted offender who has been authorised to pay the fine in several instalments spread over time, according to the deadlines and p…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 5: Work release, semi-liberty, temporary absences and escorted absences

Article 723-4

The sentence enforcement judge may make the granting of work release, semi-liberty or permission to go out to the sentenced person subject to compliance with one or more obligations or prohibitions se…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 1: General provisions

Article 713-4

The confiscation order or certified copy thereof and the certificate shall, subject to the second subparagraph, be transmitted by the competent authority of the issuing State directly to the competent…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title Ia: Electronically supervised home detention sentence

Article 713-49

Decisions taken pursuant to the second paragraph of article 713-47 or article 713-48 enforcing all or part of the imprisonment are enforceable by provision. When the convicted person appeals against t…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Enforcement of confiscation orders issued by foreign judicial authorities

Article 713-41

For the purposes of this section, the competent criminal court is that of the place where one of the assets that is the subject of the claim is located or, failing that, the Paris criminal court.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title Ia: Electronically supervised home detention sentence

Article 713-42

The person sentenced to home detention under electronic surveillance is placed under the supervision of the sentence enforcement judge of the court in whose jurisdiction he or she is assigned. The pro…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 2: Receipt and investigation by the public prosecutor of the application for recognition and enforcement.

Article 728-41

At the request of the competent authority of the sentencing State, the public prosecutor shall inform it of the provisions applicable to conditional or early release.

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