Title VII: Residence ban

A person sentenced to a residence ban pursuant to article 131-31 du code pénal may be subjected by the sentencing decision to one or more of the following supervision measures: 1° Report periodically to the services or authorities designated by the sentencing decision; 2° Inform the sentence enforcement judge of any travel beyond limits determined by the sentencing decision; 3° Respond to summonses from any authority or qualified person designated…

The person sentenced to the residence ban is required to inform the sentence enforcement judge under whose supervision he or she is placed of any change of residence. Article 712-17 is applicable to a person sentenced to a residence ban.

The assistance measures provided for in article 131-31 of the Penal Code are intended to facilitate the convicted person’s social rehabilitation.

The sentence enforcement judge in whose jurisdiction the sentenced person has declared that he or she will take up residence will ensure that the assistance measures are implemented and that the supervision measures provided for in the sentencing decision are complied with. At any time during the period of the ban on residence, the sentence enforcement judge may, after hearing the convicted offender and advising the public prosecutor, amend the…

The sentence enforcement judge may also decide to provisionally suspend the execution of the residence ban measure in accordance with the procedures set out in article 712-6. In urgent cases, provisional authorisation to stay in a prohibited locality may be given by the public prosecutor for that locality for a period not exceeding eight days. The public prosecutor shall inform the territorially competent sentence enforcement judge of his decision without…

In the event that a criminal sentence is time-barred, the convicted person is automatically and permanently banned from residing in the département where the victim of the crime or his direct heirs reside.