Persons convicted of one of the offences mentioned in the article 706-47 may be subject to a treatment order imposed either at the time of their conviction, as part of a socio-judicial follow-up, in accordance with article 131-36-4 of the Criminal Code, or subsequent to this, as part of this monitoring, conditional release, judicial supervision or security supervision, in accordance with the articles 706-53-19, 723-30, 723-37, 731-1, 763-3 et 763-8 of this code, in the cases and under the conditions provided for by these articles.
When a care injunction is ordered, the attending physician may prescribe libido inhibiting treatment in accordance with Article L. 3711-3 of the Public Health Code.
Persons prosecuted for one of the offences mentioned in article 706-47 of the present code must be submitted, before any judgement on the merits, to a medical expertise.The expert is questioned on the appropriateness of a treatment order.
This expert opinion may be ordered at the investigation stage by the public prosecutor.
This expertise is communicated to the prison administration in the event of a custodial sentence, in order to facilitate the medical and psychological monitoring in detention provided for by Article 717-1.