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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Flagrant crimes and offences

Article 61-1

…ay not be heard freely on these facts until he has been informed: 1° The presumed description, date and place of the offence that he or she is suspected of having committed or attempted to commit; 2°…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Flagrant crimes and offences

Article 56-1

Search of a lawyer's chambers or home may only be carried out by a magistrate and in the presence of the President of the Bar or his delegate, following a written, reasoned decision taken by the liber…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Flagrant crimes and offences

Article 64-1

…re not applicable. Where a party requests consultation of the recording, such request shall be made and the examining magistrate shall rule in accordance with the first two paragraphs of Article 82-1.…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Flagrant crimes and offences

Article 55-1

…committed or attempted to commit the offence, the external samples required to carry out technical and scientific examinations for comparison with the traces and evidence taken for the purposes of th…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Flagrant crimes and offences

Article 60-1

…ding, subject to Article 60-1-2, those from a computer system or processing of nominative data, to hand over this information, in particular in digital form, where applicable in accordance with standa…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Flagrant crimes and offences

Article 57-1

…ted on the premises where the search is taking place data relevant to the investigation in progress and stored in the said system or in another computer system, provided that such data is accessible f…

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

Article 135-2

…Detention may not last more than twenty-four hours. The person shall be brought as soon as possible and at the latest within twenty-four hours of his arrest before the public prosecutor of the judicia…

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

Article 135-3

Any arrest warrant or search warrant is entered in the wanted persons file at the request of the investigating judge or public prosecutor. When the person is referred to the trial court by a decision…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 2: Voluntary appearance and summons

Article 390-1

…the summons to appear in court served on the accused, on the instructions of the public prosecutor and within the time limits laid down by article 552, either by a court clerk, an officer or agent of…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 2: Voluntary appearance and summons

Article 392-1

…f the deposit that the latter must, if it has not obtained legal aid, deposit at the court registry and the time limit within which it must be made on pain of non-admissibility of the direct summons.…

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