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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 5: Interrogations and confrontations

Article 114-1

Subject to the provisions of the sixth paragraph of Article 114, it is a criminal offence for a party to whom a reproduction of the documents or records of an investigative procedure has been given pu…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subsection 2: House arrest with electronic surveillance

Article 142-11

Home detention with electronic monitoring is treated in the same way as pre-trial detention for the purposes of counting its full duration against that of a custodial sentence, in accordance with Arti…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 6: Mandates and their execution

Article 135-1

The person discovered by virtue of a search warrant is placed in police custody by the judicial police officer at the place of discovery, in accordance with the procedures set out in Article 154. The…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 7: Judicial supervision, house arrest and pre-trial detention

Article 137-1

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subsection 2: House arrest with electronic surveillance

Article 142-13

A decree shall determine the detailed rules for the application of this subsection.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subsection 3: Pre-trial detention

Article 144-1

Pre-trial detention may not exceed a reasonable length of time, having regard to the seriousness of the offences with which the person under investigation is charged and the complexity of the investig…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 6: Mandates and their execution

Article 130-1

In the event of failure to comply with the time limits set by the articles 127 and 130, the person shall be released, by order of the investigating judge hearing the case, unless his conduct has been…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subsection 2: Assisted witnesses

Article 113-1

Any person named in an initiating indictment or supplementary indictment who has not been indicted may only be heard as an assisted witness.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 11: Settlement orders

Article 179-1

Any order committing the person under investigation to appear before the police court or the criminal court shall inform him that he must notify the public prosecutor of any change in the address decl…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subsection 4: Compensation for detention

Article 149-1

The compensation provided for in the preceding article shall be awarded by decision of the first president of the court of appeal within whose jurisdiction the decision to dismiss, acquit or acquit wa…

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