The adversarial hearing before the sentence enforcement judge provided for in Article 712-6 must take place no later than the fourth month following the submission of the application under the conditions provided for by l’article D. 49-11.
Failing this, the sentenced person may apply directly to the Enforcement Division of the Court of Appeal, by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt or in accordance with the procedures set out in Article 503. Where the sentenced person is serving one or more custodial sentences of a total duration of five years or less, he or she may also refer the matter to the enforcement chamber, in the case provided for in 2° of Article 720, if he has served at least twice the length of the sentence still to be served without his situation having been reviewed.
If an application made by the sentenced person is rejected or postponed, the sentence enforcement judge may, in his decision, set a time limit during which the sentenced person is not eligible to make a similar application, without this time limit exceeding one year.
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