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Article D143-5 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure

Persons sentenced to one or more custodial sentences of a total duration not exceeding five years and persons sentenced to one or more custodial sentences of a total duration exceeding five years when they have served half of their sentence may be granted temporary absences of up to three days on the occasion of the serious illness or death of a member of their close family, or the birth of their child.

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Article D143-5
Des permissions de sortir d’une durée maximale de trois jours peuvent être accordées à l’occasion de la maladie grave ou du décès d’un membre de leur famille proche, ou de la naissance de leur enfant, d’une part, aux personnes condamnées à une ou plusieurs peines privatives de liberté d’une durée totale n’excédant pas cinq ans et, d’autre part, aux personnes condamnées à une ou plusieurs peines privatives de liberté d’une durée totale supérieure à cinq ans lorsqu’elles ont exécuté la moitié de leur peine.


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