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Showing 17111720 of 55956 articles for Art. Decree 2012-118 of 30 January 2012

French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter II: General conditions of detention

Article D147-7

In the event of a combination of convictions, at least one of which was handed down for acts committed in a state of legal recidivism, these provisions shall be applied only if the total prison senten…

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

Article D49-92

The decision taken by the president of the judicial court or the judge delegated by him pursuant to the second paragraph of article 713-47 must, in the absence of provisional incarceration of the sent…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter II: General conditions of detention

Article D147-9

Where the provisions of the articles 474 and D. 48-2, the summonses provided for in Article 723-15 are issued by the sentence enforcement judge and by the prison integration and probation service. The…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter II: General conditions of detention

Article D147-16

…escribed by Article D. 49-11, the sentence enforcement judge may, in accordance with the provisions of the first paragraph of Article 723-15-2, set the date of incarceration after summoning the senten…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Enforcement of pre-trial detention

Article D56-2

When the magistrate responsible for the information file orders the separation of detainees due to the requirements of the information, his instructions shall be specified in the individual notice pro…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter II: General conditions of detention

Article D147-8

Parole may only be granted under the provisions of articles 723-15 to 723-18 only when the conditions set out in articles 723-1 and 723-7 if a probationary measure is ordered, or failing that, when th…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter II: General conditions of detention

Article D147-11

Failure to comply with the one-month and forty-five-day time limits provided for in Article 723-15 does not constitute grounds for invalidating summonses for the sentenced person to appear before the…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Enforcement of pre-trial detention

Article D56

In addition to the measures of isolation or separation from other detainees that he or she may order in accordance with the provisions of Articles D. 56-1 and D. 56-2, the magistrate responsible for t…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter II: General conditions of detention

Article D147-16-1

Unless the public prosecutor decides, if justified by the particular situation of the sentenced person, to apply the provisions of article 723-15 and this sub-section, these do not apply to imprisonme…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Book IV: Some special procedures

Article R51

The notification provided for by Article 706-37 is made by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt. Where it appears from the acknowledgement of receipt that the addressee is unknown at the…

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