Chapter II: Suspended probation

When a conviction is accompanied by a probationary suspension, the sentenced person is placed under the supervision of the territorially competent sentence enforcement judge in accordance with the procedures set out in Article 712-10. During the probation period, the sentenced person must comply with all the supervision measures provided for by article 132-44 of the Penal Code and those of the specific obligations provided for by article 132-45 of the…

During the probation period, the sentence enforcement judge under whose supervision the sentenced person is placed shall ensure, either by himself or by any qualified person, that the supervision and assistance measures and the obligations imposed on the sentenced person are carried out. .

The sentenced person is required to appear, whenever requested, before the sentence enforcement judge under whose supervision he is placed. In the event of non-compliance with the obligations, the provisions of article 712-17 shall apply.

In the event of imprisonment for a prison sentence that is partly suspended on probation, the convicted person will be given a notice to appear before the prison integration and probation service before being released, within a period of no more than eight days from release in the case of a person who has been convicted or sentenced for an offence for which socio-judicial supervision is incurred, and no more…

In the light of the report drawn up and submitted by the prison integration and probation service pursuant to the provisions of article L. 621-3 of the Penitentiary Code, the sentence enforcement judge, where the third paragraph of article 132-41-1 of the Penal Code has not been applied, determines the obligations and prohibitions to which the offender is subject and the assistance measures from which he or she benefits. If…

When the convicted offender does not comply with the supervision measures or special obligations imposed pursuant to article 739, when he has committed an offence followed by a conviction for which the revocation of the suspended sentence has not been ordered, the sentence enforcement judge may, of his own motion or at the request of the public prosecutor, order by reasoned judgment the extension of the probation period. He may…

When the sentence enforcement judge extends the probation period, this period may not in total exceed three years.

If the convicted offender complies with the supervision and assistance measures and the special obligations imposed pursuant to article 739 and if his rehabilitation appears to be complete, the enforcement judge may declare the conviction against him null and void. The sentence enforcement judge may not be seized for this purpose or be seized of his own motion before the expiry of a period of one year from the day…

Where the person sentenced to a term of imprisonment suspended on probation must comply with the obligation to refrain from appearing in a specially designated place or area, in order to avoid contact with the victim or the civil party, or the obligation to refrain from entering into contact with the victim or the civil party, provided for in 9°, 13° and 18°bis of the Article 132-45 of the Penal…

The suspension of sentence does not extend to the payment of damages. Nor does it extend to the incapacities, prohibitions and disqualifications resulting from the conviction. However, such incapacities, prohibitions and disqualifications shall cease to have effect from the day on which, by application of the provisions of Article 743 or of article 132-52 of the Criminal Code, the conviction will have been declared or deemed null and void. This…