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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 3: Staff reports and monitoring of the judicial activities of judicial police officers (Provisions adopted for the application of articles 13, 16, 19-1, 224 to 230 and R. 14 to R. 15-6 of the Code of Criminal Procedure)

Article D44

An individual file concerning the activity, as a judicial police officer and for the entire jurisdiction, of each of the civil servants and military personnel authorised to exercise the attributions a…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: General provisions

Article D48

…nce relating to the enforcement of the sentence or the entry of the conviction in the criminal record. The registers for the enforcement of sentences shall be drawn up in accordance with the models la…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 1: The sentence enforcement judge.

Article D49

For the operation of his chambers, the sentence enforcement judge is provided with a secretariat-registrar in accordance with the provisions of Article 712-2. The duties of secretary and clerk to the…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title II: Detention

Article D50

…t for appeal granted to the public prosecutor by Article 505 is not taken into account in this regard. The term "untried prisoners" is used indiscriminately to refer to all detainees who are the subje…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subsection 3: Reductions in sentences under articles 721-3 and 721-4

Article D117

The exceptional reduction in sentence provided for by article 721-3 as well as that provided for by article 721-4 may be granted in one or more instalments without exceeding one third of the sentence…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
B. - Temporary absences to prepare for professional or social reintegration and temporary absences to maintain family ties

Article D144

When the sentence enforcement judge grants a leave to go out with a view to preparing the convicted person's professional or social reintegration, he may in his order decide that the date and terms of…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
C. - Permission to go out in order to fulfil an obligation requiring the presence of the sentenced person

Article D145

A permission to go out for a period not exceeding one day may be granted with a view to fulfilling an obligation requiring the presence of the person sentenced to one or more custodial sentences for a…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title II: Detention

Article D51

…e, even if the obligation to wear the electronic device is suspended while the person is incarcerated. In this case, prison staff will remove the device at the time of incarceration. The fitting of th…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Orders given by the judicial authority

Article D55

In accordance with the provisions of Article 715, the investigating judge, the president of the investigating chamber and the president of the assize court, as well as the public prosecutor and the pu…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 3: Progression of the sentence

Article D88

The content of the sentence execution pathway and the procedures for defining and updating it are determined by the provisions of sub-section 2 of section 3 of Chapter I of Title I of Book II of the P…

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