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Article 706-25-18 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure

The decision provided for in Article 706-25-16 is made, before the date set for the sentenced person’s release, by a judgment given after an adversarial and, if the sentenced person so requests, public hearing, during which the sentenced person is assisted by a chosen or court-appointed lawyer. Special reasons must be given for the decision in the light of the conclusions of the assessment and opinion mentioned in article 706-25-17…

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Article 706-25-20 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure

The obligations provided for in Article 706-25-16 are suspended if the person concerned is detained during their enforcement. If the period of detention exceeds six months, the resumption of one or more of the obligations provided for in the same article 706-25-16 must be confirmed by the Paris Sentence Enforcement Court within three months of the end of detention, failing which the measure will be terminated automatically.

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Article 706-26 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure

The offences provided for by articles 222-34 to 222-40 of the Penal Code, as well as the offence of participation in a criminal association provided for by article 450-1 of the same code when its purpose is to prepare one of these offences, shall be prosecuted, investigated and judged according to the rules of this code, subject to the provisions of this title.

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Article 706-27 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure

Within the jurisdiction of each court of appeal, one or more assize courts, the list of which shall be determined by decree, shall have jurisdiction to try the crimes referred to in Article 706-26 and related offences. For the trial of defendants who have reached the age of majority, the rules relating to the composition and operation of the assize court are set by the provisions of l’article 698-6. For…

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Article 706-28 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure

For the purposes of investigating and establishing the offences referred to in Article 706-26, the visits, searches and seizures provided for by Article 59 may be carried out outside the hours provided for by this article inside premises where narcotics are used in company or where narcotics are manufactured, processed or stored unlawfully when these are not residential premises. The acts provided for in this article may not, on pain…

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Article 706-30-1 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure

Where the provisions of the fourth paragraph of article 99-2 is applied to narcotic substances seized in the course of the proceedings, the investigating judge must retain a sample of these products in order to allow them to be examined, if necessary. This sample is placed under seal. The seized substances must be weighed by the investigating judge or by a judicial police officer acting on a rogatory commission before…

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