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Article D47-35 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure

The medical opinion referred to by Article 706-136-1 and by Article D. 47-34 consists of at least one psychiatric assessment ordered by the sentence enforcement judge.

The sentence enforcement judge may, however, with the agreement of the public prosecutor, state by order or reasoned judgement that there is no need to order a new psychiatric assessment prior to a decision ordering an obligation to provide care if there is an assessment in the convicted person’s file that is less than two years old, including if it was carried out prior to the conviction.

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Article D47-35

L’avis médical mentionné par l’article 706-136-1 et par l’article D. 47-34 est constitué d’au moins une expertise psychiatrique ordonnée par le juge de l’application des peines.

Le juge de l’application des peines peut toutefois, avec l’accord du procureur de la République, dire par ordonnance ou jugement motivé qu’il n’y a pas lieu d’ordonner une nouvelle expertise psychiatrique préalablement à une décision ordonnant une obligation de soins dès lors que figure au dossier du condamné une expertise datant de moins de deux ans, y compris si celle-ci est réalisée avant la condamnation.

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