Fines, complaints and courts · French law
Judicial supervision in France: obligations and changes
French judicial-supervision obligations come from the applicable order, not a general list. Modification, temporary dispensation or release from supervision belongs to the competent authority at the relevant procedural stage. An application, employer letter or tool result does not change the order. The preparation file separates the current obligation, later decisions and the question to raise with counsel.
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What you leave withA matrix of decisions, missing records and questions for counsel.
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Does an employer letter authorise departure from the order?
No. An employer letter can document a need but does not itself modify the operative obligations.
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Which decision currently sets the obligations?
Applicable obligations are those selected in the currently operative decision. CPP Article 138’s general list cannot establish a person’s obligations from the supervision label alone.
Locate full operative terms and later decisions. This questionnaire does not interpret an individual travel, contact or treatment restriction.
- Original decision
- Operative terms and date
- Later decisions
- Changes actually granted
- Separate request
- Distinguish draft, filing and decision
References : Code de procédure pénale · article 138
Which later documents may change the reading?
A later decision changes obligations only as it provides. An employer letter or filed request is evidence, not an order modifying supervision.
Separate operative decisions, supporting records and pending requests. A missing latest decision must remain unknown rather than reconstructed from memory.
References : Code de procédure pénale · article 138 · Code de procédure pénale · article 139 · Code de procédure pénale · article 141-1
How do modification, dispensation and mainlevée differ?
During investigation, CPP Article 139 allows adding, removing or modifying obligations and occasional or temporary dispensation. Mainlevée has its own framework.
Changing reporting is therefore different from dispensation or lifting supervision. Identify the route rather than importing another process’s timing.
| Request | Purpose to identify |
|---|---|
| Modification | Add, remove or change an obligation |
| Dispensation | Occasional or temporary exemption |
| Mainlevée | Lifting supervision under Article 140 |
References : Code de procédure pénale · article 139 · Code de procédure pénale · article 140
Which authority depends on the procedural stage?
Authority depends on stage: investigating-judge powers are not simply carried over after referral to trial. CPP Article 141-1 specifies authorities according to procedural position; a hearing may also address the request within its framework.
Identify stage and status with counsel. An old registry address or pre-referral response does not establish current authority.
References : Code de procédure pénale · article 139 · Code de procédure pénale · article 141-1
How can a document-and-question matrix be built?
The matrix records decision availability and confirmed stage, then separates a prepared request from a received decision. It requests no sensitive obligation details.
Even complete document availability does not validate conduct. Results identify documentary questions, not permission.
References : Code de procédure pénale · article 138 · Code de procédure pénale · article 139 · Code de procédure pénale · article 141-1
Does a reporting change also authorise travel?
The fictional later decision changes reporting while a travel request is only being prepared. The reporting change is not read as permission to travel.
Read each decision’s operative terms. The matrix does not select the most favourable version from incomplete documents.
Fictional file: the original order and a later reporting decision are available, while a travel request is only being prepared. The matrix distinguishes an order from a request and produces no travel permission.
References : Code de procédure pénale · article 138 · Code de procédure pénale · article 139 · Code de procédure pénale · article 141-1
Why does elapsed time not automatically grant permission?
Article 140’s five days concern a mainlevée request. Without a timely decision, it permits direct application to the chambre de l’instruction; twenty days run from that application, followed on nondecision by automatic lifting unless verifications were ordered.
That statutory effect requires checking request, application, dates and the verification exception. The matrix performs none of those checks and does not turn every delayed modification into permission.
References : Code de procédure pénale · article 138 · Code de procédure pénale · article 139 · Code de procédure pénale · article 140 · Code de procédure pénale · article 141-1
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Which records help counsel without delaying urgent help?
Prepare complete decisions and request/response evidence with dates. Examine registry declaration and the prescribed registered-letter option for relevant cases within their framework.
Urgency or uncertain concrete conduct needs counsel or competent-authority examination without waiting for this worksheet. Julie organises questions and issues no travel, contact or treatment permission.
References : Code de procédure pénale · article 138 · Code de procédure pénale · article 139 · Code de procédure pénale · article 141-1 · Code de procédure pénale · article 148-6
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What else should you check?
Does an employer letter authorise departure from the order?
No. An employer letter can document a need but does not itself modify the operative obligations.
References : Code de procédure pénale · article 138 · Code de procédure pénale · article 139 · Code de procédure pénale · article 141-1
Does the five-day rule govern every modification request?
No. Article 140’s five days concern mainlevée within its framework, not every modification or dispensation request.
References : Code de procédure pénale · article 140
Is the authority unchanged after referral for trial?
No. Article 141-1 governs post-referral authority according to the position. Identify stage and decisions with counsel.
References : Code de procédure pénale · article 141-1
Does requesting travel already permit departure?
No. A request alone is not a granted decision. A statutory timing effect requires its complete framework, which this questionnaire does not check.
References : Code de procédure pénale · article 138 · Code de procédure pénale · article 139 · Code de procédure pénale · article 141-1
Does the worksheet decide whether contact or treatment complies?
No. It organises records and questions without deciding whether contact, travel or treatment is permitted. The actual situation needs competent examination.
References : Code de procédure pénale · article 138 · Code de procédure pénale · article 139 · Code de procédure pénale · article 141-1
Which sources support this page?
Official texts remain in French. The explanations above describe French law. A source check records a reading date; it is not qualified legal review.
- Code de procédure pénale · article 138Source checked : · Version from 2024-05-23 · Recorded end 2029-01-01
- Code de procédure pénale · article 139Source checked : · Version from 1993-03-01 · Recorded end 2029-01-01
- Code de procédure pénale · article 140Source checked : · Version from 2001-01-01 · Recorded end 2029-01-01
- Code de procédure pénale · article 141-1Source checked : · Version from 2024-09-30 · Recorded end 2029-01-01
- Code de procédure pénale · article 148-6Source checked : · Version from 2025-06-15 · Recorded end 2029-01-01
- Service Public · contrôle judiciaireSource checked :