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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 11: Settlement orders

Article 184

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…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 9: Expertise

Article 163

Before sending the seals to the experts, the examining magistrate or the magistrate appointed by the court shall, if necessary, make an inventory of them in accordance with the conditions laid down in…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 11: Settlement orders

Article 178

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.

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

Article 150

The compensation awarded pursuant to this sub-section shall be borne by the State, except for recourse by the latter against the informer in bad faith or the false witness whose fault caused the deten…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 10: Invalidity of information

Article 170

In any matter, the investigating judge, the public prosecutor, the parties or the assisted witness may, during the course of the investigation, refer a matter to the investigating chamber for the annu…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 12: Appeals against orders of the investigating judge or the liberty and custody judge

Article 185

The public prosecutor has the right to appeal to the investigating chamber against any order of the investigating judge or the liberty and custody judge. This appeal, made by declaration to the court…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 9: Expertise

Article 164

Experts may receive, by way of information and for the sole purpose of carrying out their mission, statements from any person other than the person under investigation, the assisted witness or the civ…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 10: Invalidity of information

Article 172

A party who has failed to comply with an essential procedural requirement may waive the requirement and thus regularise the procedure. This waiver must be express. It may only be given in the presence…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 13: Resumption of information on new charges

Article 189

New charges include witness statements, exhibits and minutes which, although they could not be submitted to the examining magistrate for examination, are nevertheless of such a nature as either to str…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 13: Resumption of information on new charges

Article 190

It is for the public prosecutor alone to decide whether to request that the investigation be reopened on new charges.

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