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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title XXXIII: Procedure applicable in the event of a collective accident

Article D47-38

…the superior court of appeal of: Marseille Aix-en-Provence, Bastia, Chambéry, Grenoble, Lyon, Nîmes and Montpellier Paris Agen, Amiens, Angers, Basse-Terre, Besançon, Bordeaux, Bourges, Caen, Cayenne,…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 1: Granting of reductions in sentences under article 721

Article D116-3

…ng served or due to be served corresponds to one of the convictions referred to in articles 721-1-1 and 721-1-2 or to one of the situations described in the eighth paragraph of Article 721. These rule…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 1: Offenders eligible for judicial supervision

Article D147-32

…tence of seven years or more, or, if the person has been sentenced for repeat offences, five years, and whose release is due to take place between the sixth and twelfth months thereafter, for the purp…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 1: Offenders eligible for judicial supervision

Article D147-36

…less than two years, ordered where applicable when an application for conditional release was made, and which concludes that the convicted person is dangerous and from which it emerges that there is a…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 1: Offenders eligible for judicial supervision

Article D147-33

…hecks whether the person is a person convicted of a crime or offence mentioned in article D. 147-31 and against whom socio-judicial supervision has not been ordered. When this is the case, it checks w…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 1: Offenders eligible for judicial supervision

Article D147-34

In order to assess the need for judicial supervision, the sentence enforcement judge and the public prosecutor may, in accordance with the provisions of Article 723-31, order a medical examination, th…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 1: Offenders eligible for judicial supervision

Article D147-35

…dered pursuant to the provisions of article 723-31 concludes that the sentenced person is dangerous and establishes a risk of re-offending that appears to be proven, the public prosecutor shall reques…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 8: Suspension of sentence under article 720-1-1

Article D147-3

…be ordered by the sentence enforcement judge, after obtaining the opinion of the prison integration and probation service..

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: Various establishments used to serve sentences

Article A39-3

The list of prisons classified in the category of centres for managed sentences or comprising a section for managed sentences provided for in Article D. 72-1 is set as follows:- ward for managed sente…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter II: Regional courts for secure detention

Article A37-35

The number, location and territorial jurisdiction of the regional security retention courts provided for by articles 706-53-15 and 706-53-21 are set as follows: HEADQUARTERS OF JURISDICTIONS regional…

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