Property placed in the hands of the law is handed over to the Agence de gestion et de recouvrement des avoirs saisis et confisqués (Agency for the Management and Recovery of Seized and Confiscated Assets), which disposes of it. The proceeds of the sale are paid to the Caisse des dépôts et consignations. This payment is recorded in a special register kept by the clerk of the judicial court.
As soon as a decision to dismiss the case, acquit or acquit or a conviction that does not impose a confiscation order has become final, the public prosecutor of the court before which the investigation was conducted informs the owner of the property, by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt, of the procedures for returning the proceeds of the sale. Within six months of this notification, the request for restitution…
The conditions for providing a detainee with a copy of the documents from an investigation and the procedures for consulting them are determined by the provisions of articles R. 311-10, R. 311-11, R. 311-12 and R. 311-13 of the Penitentiary Code.
The examining magistrate hearing the proceedings or, by delegation, the magistrate in whose jurisdiction the person under investigation resides, shall designate either a natural or legal person authorised for this purpose, or a police or gendarmerie service or any competent judicial or administrative service, or, exceptionally, a personality investigator, to assist in the application of the judicial supervision. Judicial controllers are authorised under the conditions and according to the rules…
The authorities or persons responsible for contributing to the application of judicial supervision shall ensure that the person under investigation complies with the obligations imposed on him; to this end, they may summon him and visit him; they shall carry out any steps and research useful to the performance of their duties. They report to the examining magistrate, under the conditions that he or she determines, on the behaviour of…
The remuneration and reimbursement of travel expenses of personality investigators and natural persons or representatives of legal persons designated pursuant to Article 138, paragraph 2 (6°), shall be paid as criminal court costs. The provisions of the present article do not apply to serving members of State personnel belonging either to a service under the authority of the Ministry of Justice or to a police or gendarmerie service, or to…
The application of judicial supervision must not infringe the freedom of opinion of those subject to it or their religious or political convictions, nor defeat the rights of the defence.
Notice is given to the heads of the police or gendarmerie services of the place of residence of the person under investigation of any orders subjecting the latter to one of the obligations provided for in 1°, 2°, 3°, 4°, 8°, 9°, 12°, 14° and 17° of Article 138, as well as any orders abolishing, amending or dispensing with these obligations.
The service or authority to which the person under investigation must report periodically pursuant to 5° of Article 138 (paragraph 2) shall record the dates on which the person concerned has reported under the conditions laid down by the examining magistrate.
The authority or qualified person designated by the investigating judge to monitor the professional activities of the person under investigation or his or her attendance at a teaching course, pursuant to 6° of Article 138 (paragraph 2) may have the person under investigation produce any documents or information relating to his or her work or schooling.
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