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Article 696-20 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure

Release from judicial supervision, house arrest under electronic surveillance or modification thereof may be ordered at any time by the investigating chamber under the conditions set out in Article 199, either of its own motion, or at the request of the Public Prosecutor, or at the request of the person claimed after advice from the Public Prosecutor.

The Investigating Chamber shall rule within twenty days of the matter being referred to it.

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Article 696-20

La mainlevée du contrôle judiciaire, de l’assignation à résidence sous surveillance électronique ou la modification de ceux-ci peut être ordonnée à tout moment par la chambre de l’instruction dans les conditions prévues à l’article 199, soit d’office, soit sur les réquisitions du procureur général, soit à la demande de la personne réclamée après avis du procureur général.

La chambre de l’instruction statue dans les vingt jours de sa saisine.

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