In accordance with the provisions of articles 140 and 142-8, release from house arrest with electronic surveillance may be ordered at any time by the examining magistrate, either ex officio, or at the request of the public prosecutor, or at the request of the person after advice from the public prosecutor.
The investigating judge shall rule on the person’s request within five days, by reasoned order subject to appeal, in accordance with the provisions of Articles 185 and 186.
If the investigating judge fails to make a decision within this timeframe, the person may submit his or her request directly to the Investigating Chamber which, on the written and reasoned application of the Public Prosecutor, makes a decision within twenty days of the matter being referred to it. Failing this, the house arrest with electronic surveillance is automatically lifted, unless verifications concerning the person’s request have been ordered.
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