Chapter V: Extradition

Release from judicial supervision, house arrest under electronic surveillance or modification thereof may be ordered at any time by the investigating chamber under the conditions set out in Article 199, either of its own motion, or at the request of the Public Prosecutor, or at the request of the person claimed after advice from the Public Prosecutor. The Investigating Chamber shall rule within twenty days of the matter being referred…

If the person claimed voluntarily evades the obligations of judicial supervision or house arrest under electronic surveillance or if, after having been released without judicial supervision or house arrest under electronic surveillance, it appears that he clearly intends to evade the extradition request, the Investigating Chamber may, on the application of the Public Prosecutor, issue an arrest warrant for him. The provisions of Article 74-2 shall then apply, the powers…

If the person claimed is at liberty when the decision of the government authorising extradition is no longer subject to appeal, the Attorney General may order the search for and arrest of the person concerned, including by applying Article 74-2, and his placement under extradition. Once the person has been apprehended, the Public Prosecutor shall notify the Minister of Justice of the arrest without delay. The person claimed shall be…

In urgent cases and at the direct request of the competent authorities of the requesting State, the public prosecutor with territorial jurisdiction may order the provisional arrest of a person claimed for extradition by the said State. After verifying his identity, the Public Prosecutor shall inform the person sought, in a language he understands, of the existence and content of the request for provisional arrest. If he decides not to…

A person provisionally arrested under the conditions provided for in Article 696-23 shall be released if, within a period of thirty days from the date of his arrest, where this was carried out at the request of the competent authorities of the requesting State, the French Government does not receive one of the documents mentioned in Article 696-8. If the aforementioned documents subsequently reach the French Government, the procedure shall…

For the examination of extradition requests concerning the perpetrators of acts of terrorism, the Public Prosecutor at the Paris Court of Appeal, the First President of the Paris Court of Appeal and the Investigating Chamber of the Paris Court of Appeal and its President shall exercise concurrent jurisdiction with that resulting from the application of Articles 696-9,696-10 and 696-23.