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Article D571 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure

When free, the person sentenced to a residence ban is required to notify the public prosecutor at the court that handed down the sentence, of the place where he or she has fixed his or her residence. If they are detained, they must notify the prison registry when they are released. The head of the prison will then immediately inform the Public Prosecutor’s Office at the court that handed down…

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Article D571-1 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure

When the residence ban sentence is enforceable, the public prosecutor at the court that handed down the sentence will notify the competent sentence enforcement judge, to whom he will send a copy of the decision as well as any useful information concerning the convicted person’s residence.

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Article D571-2 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure

The Public Prosecutor’s Office at the court that imposed the residence ban, which has become enforceable, will give or arrange for the convicted person to be given a document enabling him or her to prove his or her situation with regard to the residence ban. Where the residence ban has been imposed with provisional enforcement, this document may be handed over at the end of the hearing. If the offender…

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Article D571-3 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure

The public prosecutor at the court that handed down the sentence shall be notified, either by the magistrate who takes the decision or, where the decision is taken by the criminal court, by the public prosecutor at that court: 1° Of any transmission of the case file to the competent sentence enforcement judge following a change of residence of the person sentenced to a residence ban; 2° Of any change…

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