Informing convicted persons is carried out in accordance with the provisions of this article.
When the person is present at the hearing, the information relating to his registration in the file and the notification of his obligations are carried out by the president of the court or the court clerk or registry official designated by him. However, the person placed or kept in detention pursuant to the conviction justifying their entry in the file will not be notified of their obligations at the hearing.
Failing this, notification will be made by the public prosecutor, or by an agent placed under his authority or a delegate of the public prosecutor designated by him, or by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt. If it appears that the person’s address is unknown, the public prosecutor shall have the person entered in the wanted persons file.
When it appears from the consultation of the file carried out by the registry officer specially authorised by the head of the prison in accordance with 4° of article 706-53-7, that the person incarcerated has not been the subject of the information mentioned in article 706-53-6, this information is given to him/her by the prison registry, on the instructions of the public prosecutor, either at the time of his or her final release or prior to the first sentence adjustment measure involving release from the prison, other than a temporary leave, if he or she is serving a custodial sentence pursuant to the conviction that led to his or her inclusion in the file, or immediately, if he or she is being held for another reason.
In all cases, he/she will be given a document summarising his/her obligations and specifying the conditions under which they must be met in accordance with the provisions of the articles R. 53-8-13 to R. 53-8-15. This document informs the person entered in the file that the State administrations mentioned in article R. 53-8-24 may directly query the file pursuant to the first paragraph of 3° of Article 706-53-7. The model for this document shall be laid down by the Minister of Justice.
If the person is a protected adult of full age, the public prosecutor shall notify the person’s legal representative appointed by court order of the notification made pursuant to this article.
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