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Article D147-4 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure

In application of the seventh paragraph of article 720-1-1, the sentence enforcement judge may terminate the suspension of sentence if the obligations set out in the decision are not complied with, after the adversarial debate provided for in l’article 712-6. To this end, he may issue the warrants provided for by Article 712-17.

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Article D147-5 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure

At any time, the public prosecutor may refer the matter to the sentence enforcement judge so that he can order a medical assessment to check whether the sentenced person still meets the criteria set out in article 720-1-1. He may also ask the court to order the expert opinion required by the penultimate paragraph of article 720-1-1.

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Article D147-7 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure

In the event of a combination of convictions, at least one of which was handed down for acts committed in a state of legal recidivism, these provisions shall be applied only if the total prison sentences handed down or remaining to be served are less than or equal to one year.

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Article D147-8 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure

Parole may only be granted under the provisions of articles 723-15 to 723-18 only when the conditions set out in articles 723-1 and 723-7 if a probationary measure is ordered, or failing that, when the conditions set out in articles 729 et seq are met, and in particular the probationary periods set out in these articles.

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Article D147-9 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure

Where the provisions of the articles 474 and D. 48-2, the summonses provided for in Article 723-15 are issued by the sentence enforcement judge and by the prison integration and probation service. The convicted offender is summoned first to appear before the sentence enforcement judge and then before the prison integration and probation service. However, in view of the organisation of the enforcement of sentences service and the prison integration…

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Article D147-10 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure

If the sentenced person resides in a jurisdiction other than that of the court that handed down the sentence, the public prosecutor at that court shall directly send a copy of the decision(s) to the territorially competent sentence enforcement judge. The latter will then issue the summons or summonses provided for by article 723-15.

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Article D147-11 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure

Failure to comply with the one-month and forty-five-day time limits provided for in Article 723-15 does not constitute grounds for invalidating summonses for the sentenced person to appear before the sentence enforcement judge or the prison integration and probation service.

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Article D147-12 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure

If the sentenced person has already been remanded in custody, the sentence enforcement judge who receives a copy of the decision pursuant to article 723-15 examines the situation of the person concerned with regard to any reductions in sentence that may be granted in respect of the incarceration undergone while in pre-trial detention. The decision is then taken without the prior opinion of the Sentence Enforcement Commission, but, unless it…

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