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Investigated persons, defendants and accused persons subject to pre-trial detention shall undergo it in a prison or an establishment for sentenced persons, under the conditions set out in the provisio…
The examining magistrate, the president of the examining chamber and the president of the assize court, as well as the public prosecutor and the public prosecutor, may give all necessary orders either…
A pardon may only be applied for in court, during the convicted person's lifetime, by the latter or, if he or she is banned, by his or her legal representative; in the event of death and if the legal…
An application for rehabilitation may only be made after a period of five years for those sentenced to a criminal penalty, three years for those sentenced to a correctional penalty and one year for th…
In this case, bulletins no. 2 and no. 3 of the criminal record must not mention the conviction. The judgment granting rehabilitation may, however, order that the conviction be removed from the crimina…
The convicted person shall address the application for rehabilitation to the public prosecutor of his current residence or, if he lives abroad, to the public prosecutor of his last residence in France…
The public prosecutor obtains all relevant information from the various places where the sentenced person may have stayed.He also takes the opinion of the sentence enforcement judge.
The matter shall be referred to the court by the public prosecutor.The applicant may submit any relevant documents directly to the court.
The convicts who are in a state of legal recidivism, those who, after having obtained the rehabilitation, incurred a new sentence, those who, condemned contradictorily or by contumacy to a criminal se…
If the application is rejected, a new application may not be made until two years have elapsed, unless the rejection of the first application was due to insufficient time for proof. In this case, the…
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