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Title IV: Suspended sentence and adjournment

Article D546-2 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure

If the sentenced person is present at the hearing, he or she will be given a summons to appear before the prison integration and probation service within a period of not more than eight days, if the court has ordered provisional enforcement of its decision, or between ten and fifteen days otherwise. If the convicted person is not present at the hearing, this summons will be given to them when…

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Article D546-3 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure

The provisions of Article 621-10 of the Penitentiary Code determine the content of the report drawn up by the prison integration and probation service pursuant to the second paragraph of Article 741-2, as well as the conditions under which this report is sent to the sentence enforcement judge, then communicated to the public prosecutor by the sentence enforcement department.

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Article D547 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure

When, in application of article 747-1, the firm part of a prison sentence that has been subject to a partial probationary suspension is converted into a sentence of home detention under electronic surveillance, a sentence of community service, a fine-day sentence or imprisonment subject to a reinforced probationary suspension, this decision does not constitute a second conviction within the meaning of article 132-53 of the Criminal Code.

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Article D548 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure

In the event of an adjournment for the purposes of investigations into the personality or the material, family and social situation provided for by Article 132-70-1 of the Criminal Code, where bail is ordered as part of a judicial supervision order made pursuant to article 397-3-1 of this code, the provisions of articles R. 19 et seq. of this code shall apply. The copy of the decision sent pursuant to…

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