Enacted parts

ARTICLE 132-65
(Act no. 2004-204 of 9 March 2004 article 180 Official Journal of 10 March 2004, in force 1 January 2005)
At the reconvened hearing the court may, taking into account the offender's behaviour, either exempt him from
penalty, or pass sentence as set out by law, or further defer sentence pursuant to the conditions and according to the
terms of article 132-63.
Thirty days before the reconvened hearing, the penalty enforcement judge may, with the public prosecutor's
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consent, himself exempt the offender from penalty, following a hearing at which both sides are heard, held in
accordance with the provisions of article 712-6 of the Code of Criminal Procedure. 
The decision regarding the penalty must be made no later than a year after the first deferment decision.
Paragraph 4
Deferment with injunction
Articles 132-66 to
132-70
ARTICLE 132-66
In the cases provided for by statutes or regulations which sanction the violation of specific obligations, a court
deferring sentence may give the convicted physical or legal person an injunction to observe one or more prescriptions
provided by the statutes or regulations concerned.
The court decrees a time-limit for the enforcement of these prescriptions.
ARTICLE 132-67
The court may reinforce the injunction with a coercive fine where this is provided for by the relevant Statutes or
regulations. In such a case, it fixes the rate of the coercive fine and the maximum period for it to apply in accordance
with the limits set out by statutes or regulations.
A coercive fine ceases to run from when the prescriptions contained in the injunction have been executed.
ARTICLE 132-68
A deferment with injunction may only be granted once. It may be ordered even where the defendant natural person
or the representative of the defendant legal person is not present.
The decision may be declared provisionally enforceable in all cases.