Title Ia: Electronically supervised home detention sentence

The person sentenced to home detention under electronic surveillance is placed under the supervision of the sentence enforcement judge of the court in whose jurisdiction he or she is assigned. The provisions of articles 723-8 to 723-12 shall apply.

If the sentenced person has complied with the measures, obligations and prohibitions imposed on him for a period at least equal to half of the sentence imposed, his rehabilitation appears to have been achieved and no further monitoring appears to be necessary, the sentence enforcement judge may, of his own motion or at the request of the sentenced person, decide, by order made in accordance with the procedures set out…

In the event of non-compliance with the prohibitions or obligations imposed, notorious misconduct, a new conviction or refusal by the convicted person of a necessary change to the conditions of enforcement, the sentence enforcement judge may either limit his leave of absence or order the person to be imprisoned for the duration of the sentence still to be served. The decision is taken in accordance with the provisions of article…

If the sentenced person has complied with the measures, obligations and prohibitions imposed on him or her for at least one year, his or her rehabilitation appears to have been achieved and no further monitoring appears to be necessary, the sentence enforcement judge may, by order made in accordance with the procedures set out in l’article 712-8, on the basis of a compliant application by the public prosecutor, decide to…

The time limit for enforcement of the contrainte pénale may be suspended by the juge de l’application des peines if the sentenced person is incarcerated, except when the last three paragraphs of article 713-47 or of article 713-48.

In the event of non-compliance by the sentenced person with the supervision and assistance measures, obligations or prohibitions mentioned in Article 131-4-1 of the Penal Code imposed on him, the sentence enforcement judge may, ex officio or at the request of the public prosecutor, in accordance with the procedures set out in article 712-8 of this code, modify or supplement the obligations or prohibitions to which the sentenced person is…

If the sentenced person commits, during the period of enforcement of the penal restraint, a felony or a misdemeanour under ordinary law followed by an unsuspended custodial sentence, the sentencing court may, after receiving the opinion of the sentence enforcement judge, order the enforcement of all or part of the imprisonment set by the court pursuant to the tenth paragraph of article 131-4-1 of the Penal Code.

Decisions taken pursuant to the second paragraph of article 713-47 or article 713-48 enforcing all or part of the imprisonment are enforceable by provision. When the convicted person appeals against these decisions, his appeal is examined within two months, failing which he is released if he is not detained for another reason.