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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subsection 2: Recognition of judicial review decisions

Article 696-71

Recognition and monitoring of a judicial supervision order issued by the competent authority of another State may be refused only in the cases provided for in Articles 696-73 and 696-74. In the absenc…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title XXIII: The use of telecommunications during proceedings

Article 706-71

In the interests of the proper administration of justice, audiovisual means of telecommunication may be used in the course of criminal proceedings, if the magistrate in charge of the proceedings or th…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 3: Procedure in the event of an appeal

Article 712-12

An appeal against the orders referred to in 1° of Article 712-11 shall be referred to the president of the enforcement division of the court of appeal, who shall rule by reasoned order in the light of…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: Establishment and composition

Article 712-2

…e sitting magistrates are entrusted with the duties of the sentence enforcement judge in the judicial courts, the list of which is set by decree. There shall be at least one sentence enforcement judge…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 3: Procedure in the event of an appeal

Article 712-14

The decisions of the enforcement judge and the enforcement court are provisionally enforceable. However, where the public prosecutor's appeal is lodged within twenty-four hours of notification, it sus…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Jurisdiction and procedure before courts of first instance

Article 712-4

Measures falling within the jurisdiction of the sentence enforcement judge are granted, modified, deferred, refused, withdrawn or revoked by order or reasoned judgment of this magistrate acting ex off…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 4: Common provisions

Article 712-18

In the event of non-compliance with the obligations incumbent on a convicted offender subject to a semi-liberty measure, external placement or home detention under electronic surveillance, the sentenc…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: General provisions

Article 710-1

When a convicted person requests, pursuant to Article 132-4 of the Penal Code, confusion of sentences pronounced against him/her after the convictions have become final, his/her request is brought bef…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: Establishment and composition

Article 712-1

The Sentence Enforcement Judge and the Sentence Enforcement Court constitute the first-level sentence enforcement courts, which are responsible, under the conditions laid down by law, for setting the…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: Establishment and composition

Article 712-3

One or more enforcement courts are established within the jurisdiction of each court of appeal, the territorial jurisdiction of which, corresponding to that of one or more judicial courts within the j…

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