ARTICLE 131-36-4
(Inserted by Act no. 1998-468 of 17 June 1998 Article 1 Official Journal of 18 June 1998) Socio-judicial probation may include a requirement of treatment.
This requirement may be ordered by the trial court if it is established after a report by a medical expert, obtained in the conditions laid down by the Code of Criminal Procedure, that the person prosecuted is a suitable case for such treatment. This examination is carried out by two experts in the case of a prosecution for the murder of a minor preceded or accompanied by rape, torture or acts of barbarity. The president warns the convicted person that no treatment may be undertaken without his consent, but that if he refuses the treatment offered to him, imprisonment imposed under the third paragraph of article 131-36-1 may be enforced.
Where the trial court orders treatment and a non-suspended custodial sentence has also been imposed on the relevant person, the presiding judge informs the convicted person that he has the option of starting treatment whilst serving the sentence.