Where the person sentenced to a measure of penal restraint must comply with the obligation to refrain from appearing in a specially designated place or area, in order to avoid contact with the victim or the civil party, or the obligation to refrain from entering into contact with the victim or the civil party, provided for in 9°, 13° and 19° of Article 132-45 of the Criminal Code, the sentence enforcement judge may decide, as part of the powers he or she derives from Article 712-16, to notify or have notified the victim or the civil party, directly or through their lawyer, of the end date of the constraint period.
Whether or not a civil party was involved in the proceedings, the victim may ask to be informed of the end of the constraint period. They may, by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt, make their change of address known to the public prosecutor or the public prosecutor at the court that handed down the sentence.
This information is forwarded by the public prosecutor to the sentenced person’s enforcement judge to be filed in the “victim” section of the individual file provided for by Article D. 49-29.
The victim or civil party may request that this information remain confidential and not be communicated to the convicted person or his lawyer.