Where the convicted person is a legal entity, the application for rehabilitation is made by its legal representative.
The application may only be made after a period of two years has elapsed from the expiry of the penalty imposed. It must specify, firstly, the date of the conviction for which rehabilitation is sought and, secondly, any transfer of the registered office of the legal entity that has occurred since the conviction.
The legal representative sends the application for rehabilitation to the public prosecutor of the place where the legal entity has its registered office or, if the legal entity has its registered office abroad, to the public prosecutor of the place of the court that handed down the conviction.
The public prosecutor will be issued with a copy of the judgements convicting the legal entity and a bulletin no. 1 of the legal entity’s criminal record. He forwards these documents with his opinion to the public prosecutor.
The provisions of Article 788, with the exception of those of the second and fourth paragraphs, and the provisions of articles 793 to 798-1 shall apply in the event of an application for rehabilitation by a convicted legal person. However, the time limit provided by article 797 is reduced to one year.