Section 1: Establishment and composition

The Sentence Enforcement Judge and the Sentence Enforcement Court constitute the first-level sentence enforcement courts, which are responsible, under the conditions laid down by law, for setting the main terms and conditions for the enforcement of custodial sentences or certain sentences restricting freedom, by guiding and monitoring the conditions under which they are enforced. These courts are informed by the integration and probation services of the procedures for dealing with…

One or more sitting magistrates are entrusted with the duties of the sentence enforcement judge in the judicial courts, the list of which is set by decree. There shall be at least one sentence enforcement judge per department. These magistrates shall be appointed by decree issued after consultation with the Conseil supérieur de la magistrature. Their duties may be terminated in the same manner. If a sentence enforcement judge is…

One or more enforcement courts are established within the jurisdiction of each court of appeal, the territorial jurisdiction of which, corresponding to that of one or more judicial courts within the jurisdiction, is set by decree. The sentence enforcement court is composed of a president and two assessors appointed by the first president from among the sentence enforcement judges within the court’s jurisdiction. In the overseas departments, at least one…