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Article 712-9 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure

If the non-detained sentenced person, duly summoned to the address declared to the sentence enforcement judge under whose supervision he or she is placed, fails, without legitimate reason, to attend the adversarial hearing provided for by the articles 712-6 or 712-7, the sentence enforcement judge or the sentence enforcement court may rule in his absence. The time limit for appeal then only runs from the notification of the judgment made to this address subject to the provisions of the following paragraph.

If it is not established that the sentenced person was aware of this notification and that the judgement ordered the revocation or withdrawal of the measure from which he or she benefited, the appeal remains admissible until the expiry of the limitation periods for the sentence and the appeal period runs from the date on which the sentenced person became aware of the judgement. In the event of an appeal, the sentenced person is then entitled to be heard by the sentence enforcement chamber, where applicable in accordance with the procedures set out in Article 706-71.

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Article 712-9

Si le condamné non détenu, dûment convoqué à l’adresse déclarée au juge de l’application des peines sous le contrôle duquel il est placé, ne se présente pas, sans motif légitime, au débat contradictoire prévu par les articles 712-6 ou 712-7, le juge de l’application des peines ou le tribunal de l’application des peines peuvent statuer en son absence. Le délai d’appel ne court alors à compter de la notification du jugement faite à cette adresse que sous réserve des dispositions de l’alinéa suivant.

S’il n’est pas établi que le condamné a eu connaissance de cette notification et que le jugement a ordonné la révocation ou le retrait de la mesure dont il bénéficiait, l’appel reste recevable jusqu’à l’expiration des délais de prescription de la peine et le délai d’appel court à compter de la date à laquelle le condamné a eu connaissance du jugement. En cas d’appel, l’audition du condamné par la chambre de l’application des peines est alors de droit, le cas échéant selon les modalités prévues par l’article 706-71.

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