Disciplinary proceedings are initiated by the Minister of Justice, the Public Prosecutor at the Court of Appeal within whose jurisdiction the acts were committed, the public prosecutor appointed for inspections of judicial administrators for acts committed by administrators whose professional domicile is within the jurisdiction of the Courts of Appeal for which he is responsible, the Government Commissioner or the President of the National Council of Judicial Administrators and Judicial Representatives. Acceptance of the resignation of a person registered on the list of court-appointed administrators does not preclude disciplinary proceedings if the acts of which he or she is accused were committed during the performance of his or her duties.
I. – The national registration committee sits as a disciplinary chamber. The Government Commissioner acts as public prosecutor. It may impose the following disciplinary penalties:
1° A warning;
2° A reprimand;
3° A temporary ban for a period not exceeding five years;
4° Removal from the list of judicial administrators.
II. – The warning and reprimand may be accompanied, for a period of one year, by supervisory measures subjecting the judicial administrator to specific obligations determined by the commission. These obligations may also be prescribed by the committee when the temporarily disqualified administrator resumes his duties.
The penalty of temporary disqualification may be suspended. If, within a period of five years from the pronouncement of the sanction, the court-appointed administrator has committed an offence or misconduct that has led to the pronouncement of a new disciplinary sanction, this shall entail, unless a reasoned decision is taken, the enforcement of the first sanction, without possible confusion with the second.
III. – Where it imposes a disciplinary penalty, the Commission may decide, having regard to the seriousness of the acts committed, to charge the receiver for all or part of the costs incurred by the presence of a statutory auditor or an expert during the audits or inspections which led to the discovery of these acts.
IV.-.When it pronounces a disciplinary penalty relating to a breach of the provisions of Sections 3 to 6 of Chapter I of Title VI of Book V of the Monetary and Financial Code, the provisions of Article L. 561-36-3 of the same Code shall also be applied.