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Chapter II: Special provisions applicable to persons serving a custodial sentence

Article R61-4 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure

When the sentenced person is detained, the reminder of the obligations to which he or she is subject and which is provided for in the first paragraph of Article R. 61 is made, in the days preceding his release or, in accordance with the provisions of Article 763-7-1, within eight days of the latter, by the sentence enforcement judge under whose supervision the socio-judicial supervision is to be carried out…

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Article R61-4-1 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure

Where the expert opinion provided for in the third paragraph of article 763-3 establishes that the sentenced person may be the subject of treatment, the sentence enforcement judge, by a ruling made in accordance with the procedures provided for by article 712-6, either finds that the sentenced person will be subject to a treatment order, or orders, by express decision, that there is no need for a treatment order.

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Article R61-5 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure

When the socio-judicial supervision accompanies a custodial sentence, the period during which the convicted offender is on temporary leave, or is placed under the semi-liberty regime or is subject to outdoor placement or home detention under electronic surveillance is not deducted from the duration of the socio-judicial supervision. The sentence enforcement judge may decide that the obligations resulting from the treatment order will not be applicable if their implementation proves…

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