Section 7: Judicial supervision, house arrest with electronic surveillance and pre-trial detention

In accordance with the provisions of articles 139 and 142-8, the investigating judge may, at any time during the investigation: 1° Impose one or more new obligations on the person placed under house arrest with electronic surveillance; 2° Remove all or some of the obligations that have been imposed; 3° Modify one or more of these obligations; 4° Grant occasional or temporary dispensation from observing some of them. This decision…

The prior agreement of the investigating judge provided for by article 142-9 for the hours of presence at home or in the places of assignment to be modified by the head of the penitentiary establishment or by the director of the penitentiary integration and probation service, provided that the changes are favourable to the person under investigation and do not affect the balance of the supervision measure, shall be mentioned…

Copies of the decisions of the head of the prison or the director of the prison integration and probation service modifying the hours of presence at home or in the places of assignment shall be sent without delay to the examining magistrate. This magistrate may cancel the modifications granted by order that is not subject to appeal, without prejudice to the possibility for the person to make an application for…

In accordance with the provisions of articles 140 and 142-8, release from house arrest with electronic surveillance may be ordered at any time by the examining magistrate, either ex officio, or at the request of the public prosecutor, or at the request of the person after advice from the public prosecutor. The investigating judge shall rule on the person’s request within five days, by reasoned order subject to appeal, in…