Book I: Public prosecutions and investigations

In accordance with the provisions of Article 179, in the event that the person under investigation is referred to the criminal court, the house arrest with electronic surveillance ends, unless the investigating judge orders the measure to be maintained, giving reasons. In this case, the total duration of the house arrest, taking into account that executed during the investigation, may not exceed a period of two years in accordance with…

In accordance with the provisions of Article 181, in the event that the person under investigation is indicted before the Assize Court, house arrest with electronic surveillance shall continue to have effect. The total duration of the house arrest, taking into account that executed during the investigation, may not then exceed a period of two years in accordance with the provisions of the second paragraph of article 142-7. The investigating…

If the person evades the obligations of house arrest with electronic surveillance while being brought before the trial court, the public prosecutor may refer the matter to the liberty and custody judge for the latter to issue an arrest warrant or a warrant to bring the person to trial. This magistrate is also competent to order, in accordance with the provisions of article 135-2, that the person concerned be remanded…

When the person referred to the trial court is sentenced to a fixed term of imprisonment with a deferred committal order issued with provisional execution, the obligations of electronically monitored or mobile electronically monitored house arrest remain applicable until the person is incarcerated, at the latest before the expiry of the ten-day appeal period. The electronic monitoring device is then removed by prison staff at the time of incarceration. If…