Paragraph 1: Provisions common to the various enforcement courts

Where the sentenced person who is not in custody does not appear for the adversarial hearing, the judge or the sentence enforcement court shall either order that the hearing be postponed to a later date, after having, if necessary, issued a warrant to bring in or arrest the person in accordance with the provisions of Article 712-17 or a search note in accordance with the provisions of Article D. 49-20,…

Without prejudice to the possibility of issuing a bring or arrest warrant in accordance with the provisions of Article 712-17, the sentence enforcement judge and court may issue a search note designed to enable the sentenced person to be located, which is circulated in the wanted persons file in accordance with the provisions of 1° of I of l’article 23 de la loi n° 2003-239 du 18 mars 2003 pour…

The orders provided for by articles 712-5 and 712-8 are notified to the convicted offender in custody by the head of the prison, who gives him or her a copy in return for a signature; if the convicted offender is not in custody, a copy of the order is sent to him or her by registered letter; a copy of the order is also sent by registered letter or fax…

When the head of the establishment or the director of the prison integration and probation service changes the timetable of a sentence adjustment with the authorisation of the sentence enforcement judge in accordance with the provisions of the second paragraph of article 712-8, it shall immediately inform the sentence enforcement judge and the offender by any means.

For the application of the provisions of Article 712-9, if the sentenced person has not made a declaration of address to the sentence enforcement judge, the address in the proceedings file is deemed to be their declared address. The declaration of address or the declaration of a change of address must be made either by declaration to the clerk of the sentence enforcement judge, or by registered letter with a…

For the application of Article 712-21, the sentence enforcement judge or court may, with the agreement of the public prosecutor, state, by reasoned order or judgment, that there is no need to order a new psychiatric assessment prior to a decision to adjust the sentence, if there is an assessment in the sentenced person’s file that is less than two years old, including if it was carried out prior to…

Without prejudice to the obligation to carry out an expert assessment of sentenced persons covered by the provisions of Article 712-21, the sentence enforcement judge or court may, in accordance with the provisions of Article D. 574, ask the prison integration and probation service to carry out a socio-educational summary of the convicted prisoner before his release, in order to assess his dangerousness and the risk of re-offending. To this…

If the sentenced person fails to comply with the obligations imposed or displays misconduct, the sentence enforcement judge or court may decide to reject or postpone a measure within its jurisdiction, or to withdraw or revoke such a measure previously granted, depending on the procedure applicable for granting the measure.

In accordance with the provisions of Article 712-22, the enforcement courts may lift a prohibition referred to in this article, even if this prohibition does not result from the conviction for which the enforcement court is responsible for setting the enforcement terms.

For the application of the provisions of Article R. 69, an extract of the order or judgement of the judge or tribunal de l’application des peines or the president of the judicial court or the judge delegated by him, certified by the court registrar is sent to the criminal records office, via the public prosecutor’s office of the place of conviction, when it has been decided: 1° The revocation of…