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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter III: Provisions common to all prisons

Article D150-2

…ed in a state of recidivism. These rules no longer apply when all of these sentences have been served.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter II: Measures and conditions to which parolees are or may be subject

Article D534-1

At least two weeks before the sentenced person's release date, a copy of all or part of the individual file concerning him, including in particular the parole decision, shall be sent to the sentence e…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Book V: Enforcement procedures

Article D571-1

When the residence ban sentence is enforceable, the public prosecutor at the court that handed down the sentence will notify the competent sentence enforcement judge, to whom he will send a copy of th…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 11: Provisions applicable to the judicial supervision of dangerous persons convicted of a felony or misdemeanour

Article D147-42

…35, the withdrawal of all or part of the sentence reductions before the sentenced person is released.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Book V: Enforcement procedures

Article D571-6

To this end, the competent administrative authority shall query the computerised national criminal record by a secure means of telecommunication. On pain of inadmissibility, the request for issuance s…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title XII: General provisions

Article D589-2

The electronic signature and the handwritten signature collected in digital form constitute signature processes in digital form within the meaning of the third paragraph of I of Article 801-1 . Where…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title XII: General provisions

Article D589-7

The procedures for applying the provisions of this section shall be specified by order of the Keeper of the Seals, Minister of Justice, and the Minister of the Interior..

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 11: Provisions applicable to the judicial supervision of dangerous persons convicted of a felony or misdemeanour

Article D147-44

…m. In this case, the opinion of the multidisciplinary commission on security measures is not required.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter II: Suspended probation

Article D546-1

…s a probationary suspension with enhanced monitoring, the provisions of this section shall be applied.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Book V: Enforcement procedures

Article D571-3

…ntence enforcement judge under whose supervision the person convicted of a ban on residence is placed. The Public Prosecutor's Office at the court that handed down the conviction shall ensure that the…

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