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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 3: Provisions relating to the enforcement of financial penalties imposed by foreign authorities

Article D48-22

Enforcement of a financial penalty may be refused in any of the following cases: 1° If the certificate is not produced, if it is drawn up incompletely or if it clearly does not correspond to the pecun…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: Establishment and composition

Article D49-2

Except in the courts of appeal listed in the table below, there shall be established in each court of appeal a sentence enforcement court whose territorial jurisdiction extends to the jurisdiction of…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: Establishment and composition

Article D49-8

The first president of the court of appeal shall designate by order, after consulting the general assembly of judges, the president or the councillor of the court of appeal responsible for presiding o…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: Establishment and composition

Article D49-9

The head of an association for the reintegration of convicted persons and the head of a victim support association, members of the chamber for the enforcement of sentences of the court of appeal pursu…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Rules of jurisdiction and procedure

Article D49-13

If the sentenced person is not incarcerated, the adversarial hearings provided for by Articles 712-6 and 712-7 are held in the judicial court. If the convicted person is imprisoned, these hearings are…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Rules of jurisdiction and procedure

Article D49-18

The judgement is handed down in chambers. If the judgement is handed down immediately, a copy of the judgement is given to the convicted person and, where applicable, to his lawyer, against a signatur…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Rules of jurisdiction and procedure

Article D49-20

Without prejudice to the possibility of issuing a bring or arrest warrant in accordance with the provisions of Article 712-17, the sentence enforcement judge and court may issue a search note designed…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Rules of jurisdiction and procedure

Article D49-38

The rules relating to the policing of proceedings before the criminal court set out in articles 401and 405 are applicable before the sentence enforcement court.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Rules of jurisdiction and procedure

Article D49-43

…ustment measure specifies the terms of application and sets the date before which it must be enforced. If the nature of the measure justifies it, this court may also designate one of its members or th…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: Establishment and composition

Article D49-6

The sentence enforcement court shall have a registry. The duties of secretary and court clerk of the court shall be performed by one or more court clerks of the judicial courts within the jurisdiction…

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