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Article 706-135 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure

Without prejudice to the application of articles L. 3213-1 and L. 3213-7 of the Public Health Code, when the investigating chamber or a trial court issues a judgment or ruling declaring a person to be criminally irresponsible on account of mental disorder, it may order, by reasoned decision, that the person be admitted to psychiatric care, in the form of full hospitalisation in an establishment mentioned in article L. 3222-1…

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Article 706-136 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure

When the investigating chamber or a trial court hands down a judgment or ruling declaring a person not criminally responsible on account of mental disorder, it may order the following security measures against the person, for a period that it shall determine and that may not exceed ten years in criminal cases and twenty years if the acts committed constitute a felony or misdemeanour punishable by ten years’ imprisonment: 1°…

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Article 706-136-1 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure

When a person convicted in the circumstances mentioned in the second paragraph of Article 122-1 of the Penal Code has not been sentenced to socio-judicial supervision, the sentence enforcement judge may order, on the release of this person, if his condition justifies it and after medical advice, an obligation of care for a period that he fixes and which may not exceed five years in criminal matters or ten years…

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Article 706-137 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure

The person who is the subject of a measure ordered pursuant to articles 706-136 or 706-136-1 may ask the liberty and custody judge in the place where the hospital is located or where they live to order that the order be modified or lifted. The judge rules in chambers on the submissions of the public prosecutor, after hearing the applicant or his lawyer or duly summoning them. The court may…

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Article 706-138 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure

Where the prohibition provided for in 1° of Article 706-136 is imposed, the civil party may request to be informed by the public prosecutor of the lifting of the hospitalisation to which that person may have been subject pursuant to Articles L. 3213-1 and L. 3213-7 of the Public Health Code. The civil party may, at any time, indicate to the public prosecutor that it is withdrawing this request.

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Article 706-139 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure

The disregard by the person who has been the subject of the prohibitions provided for in Article 706-136 or the obligation of care provided for in l’article 706-136-1 is punishable, subject to the provisions of the first paragraph of Article 122-1 of the Criminal Code, to two years’ imprisonment and a fine of €30,000.

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Article 706-139-1 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure

When an investigation is referred to the investigating judge on the basis of articles 221-5-6,222-18-4or 222-26-2 of the Criminal Code and decides to refer the person under investigation to the trial court on the basis of these offences, it is required, in its settlement order, to declare in advance, pursuant to the first paragraph of Article 122-1 of the same code, that she is not criminally responsible for acts committed…

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Article 706-139-2 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure

Where, pursuant to Article 351 of this Code, the question of the application of the first paragraph of Article 122-1 of the Criminal Code in relation to an accused charged with murder, assassination, torture or acts of barbarism, violence or rape, the President asked the subsidiary question relating to the qualifications provided for in Articles 221-5-6,222-18-4or 222-26-2 of the same code if it appears that the abolition of the person’s…

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Article 706-141 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure

This Title shall apply, in order to ensure the enforcement of the additional penalty of confiscation under the conditions defined in article 131-21 du code pénal, to seizures carried out in application of this code when they relate to all or part of a person’s property, to immovable property, to intangible movable property or rights or to a claim, as well as to seizures that do not result in dispossession…

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