French Code of Criminal Procedure
In forceThe person seized by virtue of an arrest warrant shall be brought before the examining magistrate or, failing that, the president of the court or the judge designated by the latter within twenty-four hours of his arrest for questioning and, where appropriate, a ruling on his remand in custody under the conditions laid down by l'article 145. Failing this, the person shall be released. The provisions of Article 126 shall apply.
If the person is arrested more than two hundred kilometres from the seat of the examining magistrate who issued the warrant and it is not possible to bring him before this magistrate within twenty-four hours, he shall be brought within twenty-four hours of his arrest before the liberty and custody magistrate of the place of arrest, who shall receive his statements after having warned him that he is free not to make any. A note of this notification is made in the record.
The liberty and custody judge immediately informs the magistrate who issued the warrant and orders the transfer. If this cannot be carried out immediately, the liberty and custody judge shall notify the mandating judge.
When there is reason to transfer, the person must be taken to the prison indicated on the warrant within the time limits set out in Article 130. The provisions of Article 130-1 shall apply.
