In the event of a change in the sentenced person’s situation since the sentencing decision that does not allow the sentence imposed to be enforced, the sentence enforcement judge may ex officio, at the request of the person concerned or at the request of the public prosecutor order by reasoned decision, taken in accordance with the provisions of Article 712-6 :
1° To convert a sentence of community service or a probationary suspended sentence including the obligation to perform community service into a sentence of days’ fine or a sentence of home detention under electronic surveillance;
2° To convert a sentence of home detention under electronic surveillance into a sentence of community service or a sentence of days’ fine;
3° To convert a sentence of days’ fine into a sentence of community service or a sentence of home detention under electronic surveillance.
Conversion to a community service sentence is only possible if, after being informed of the right to refuse to perform community service, the convicted person has expressly stated that he or she waives this right. In the case provided for in 3°, the duration of home detention under electronic surveillance may not exceed that which would have resulted from failure to carry out the day fine sentence, set in application of the first sentence of the second paragraph of article 131-25 of the French Penal Code. By way of derogation from the same second paragraph, the conversion decision may also be made in the event of total or partial failure to pay the amount due on expiry of the period corresponding to the number of day fines imposed.
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