Enacted parts

ARTICLE 131-22
(Act no. 92-1336 of 16 December 1992 Articles 342 and 373 Official Journal of 23 December 1992 in force on 1 March
1994)
(Act no. 2003-495 of 12 June 2003 art. 5 IV Official Journal 13 June 2003)
Updated 12/10/2005 - Page 8/132

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PENAL CODE
(Act no. 2004-204 of 9 March 2004 article 174 2° Official Journal of 10 March 2004, in force 31 December 2006)
A court imposing community service shall determine the period within which the community service work is to be
performed, which shall not exceed twelve months. It also determines the prison sentence or fine incurred by the
convicted person for failure to comply with the terms of the community service sentence. The period expires on the
completion of the entire work. It may be temporarily suspended on serious medical, familial, professional or social
grounds. The time limit is suspended for the time during which the convicted person is imprisoned, or while he
discharges national service duties.
The terms for carrying out the community service order and the suspension of the period set out in the previous
paragraph are decided by the penalty enforcement judge within whose territorial jurisdiction the convicted person has his
usual residence, or where he does not have a usual residence in France, by the penalty enforcement judge attached to
the court that decided the case at first instance.
Where the person has been convicted of a misdemeanour provided for by the Traffic Code or articles 221-6-1,
222-19-1, 222-20-1 and 434-10, the offender should preferably carry out community service in one of the specialist
centres dealing with victims of road traffic accidents.
During the period provided for by the present article, the convicted person must comply with the supervision
measures set out under article 132-55.