Other than the case provided for in 1° of Article 10-2, the possibility for the victim or perpetrator of an offence to participate in a restorative justice measure falling under Article 10-1 is offered to him or her, where this measure seems feasible :
1° By the public prosecutor or the public prosecutor’s delegate, when an alternative to prosecution or a penal composition is implemented, at any time during the proceedings;
2° By the investigating judge, at any time during the investigation, and in particular when he receives the victim’s civil party complaint or proceeds with the indictment of the person prosecuted ;
3° By the president of the trial court, at any time during the hearing and after having rendered the decision on the public prosecution and the civil action;
4° By the sentence enforcement judge in application of 2° of IV of Article 707.
Where the conditions set out in Article 10-1 are met, and in particular where the offender has admitted committing the offences of which he or she is accused, restorative justice measures may be implemented even if the public prosecution is statute-barred.
In the event of decisions to discontinue proceedings, dismiss, discharge or acquit in proceedings concerning sexual offences committed by adults against minors, the commission of which is acknowledged by the perpetrator, but which are motivated by the statute of limitations on public prosecution, the public prosecutor shall check whether a restorative justice measure is likely to be implemented.