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Showing 2461–2470 of 6040 articles for “Art. 11 déc. 1996”
…ivil party may, on expiry of the period indicated to him pursuant to the ninth paragraph of Article 116 or the second paragraph of Article 89-1 from, respectively, the date of the indictment, the firs…
I.-As soon as the investigation appears to have been completed, the examining magistrate communicates the case file to the public prosecutor and at the same time notifies the parties' lawyers or, if t…
The investigating judge may order, at the request of the person concerned or, with that person's agreement, of his own motion or at the request of the public prosecutor, either the publication in full…
The investigating judge may specify in the committal order the date of the hearing before the police court or the criminal court when this date has been previously communicated to him by the public pr…
Where the civil party is a legal entity, the civil fine provided for in article 177-2 may be pronounced against its legal representative, if the latter's bad faith is established.
If the examining magistrate considers that the facts constitute a misdemeanour, and that the person under investigation acknowledges the facts and accepts the criminal classification chosen, he may, a…
The orders issued by the examining magistrate pursuant to this section shall contain the surname, first names, date, place of birth, domicile and profession of the person under investigation. They sha…
In all matters, the duration of the investigation may not exceed a reasonable period in view of the seriousness of the acts alleged against the person under investigation, the complexity of the invest…
If the judge considers that the facts constitute a contravention, he or she will, by order, refer the case to the police court.Once it has become final, this order will cover any procedural defects.
Settlement orders shall be brought to the attention of the person under investigation and the assisted witness, and committal orders or indictment orders to the attention of the civil party; notificat…
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