Section 2: Rules of jurisdiction and procedure

An appeal against the orders and judgments of the enforcement judge or court shall be lodged either with the registry of the enforcement judge in accordance with the procedures set out in the first two paragraphs of article 502, or in accordance with the procedures set out in l’article 503. The 24-hour time limit for appeal provided for in 1° of Article 712-11 expires at midnight on the day after…

In the event of an appeal by the public prosecutor or the sentenced person, the other party has an additional period of twenty-four hours or five days in which to lodge a cross-appeal, depending on whether the appeal relates to an order or judgment of the sentence enforcement judge or the sentence enforcement court.

When the sentence enforcement judge or court grants one of the measures mentioned in articles 712-5,712-6 and 712-7, the measure may not be enforced until twenty-four hours have elapsed from notification of the decision to the public prosecutor, in the absence of a visa from the latter indicating that he or she is not appealing; if the public prosecutor lodges an appeal within twenty-four hours of notification, he or she…

In the event of an appeal, a copy of the sentenced person’s individual file and the decision of the enforcement judge or court is sent to the enforcement chamber of the court of appeal or its president. In support of his appeal, the sentenced person or his lawyer may send written observations to the president or to the chamber. Except in urgent cases, these observations must be sent no later…