At least two months before the date scheduled for the examination provided for by Article 730-3, the convicted person is summoned by the prison integration and probation service to state whether he or she opposes any conditional release measure. The person’s choice is recorded in a report signed by the person concerned. It is brought to the attention of the sentence enforcement judge without delay.
The prison integration and probation service shall forward in good time to the sentence enforcement judge the reports concerning convicted persons whose situation is to be examined during the adversarial debate provided for by this article.
If an adversarial hearing has not been held within four months of the date on which the sentence served is equal to twice the sentence still to be served, the matter may be referred directly to the enforcement division of the court of appeal by the convicted person or by the public prosecutor, or it may be referred of its own motion. Referral by the sentenced person is made by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt or in accordance with the procedures set out in Article 503.
The provisions of article 730-3 do not apply to persons undergoing sentence adjustment while in prison.
If the person’s sentence is subject to a security period, they only apply at the end of this period.