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Showing 3441–3450 of 60148 articles for “Art. 197 A”
Constitution de partie civile may take place at any time during the investigation. It may be contested by the public prosecutor or by a party. In the event of a challenge, or if he declares the civil…
Any person claiming to have been injured by a crime or offence may, by lodging a complaint, bring a civil action before the competent investigating judge pursuant to the provisions of the articles 52,…
In criminal cases, where an offence against persons is covered by Book II of the Criminal Code or where an offence against property is covered by Book III of the same Code and is accompanied by offenc…
Any civil party must declare to the investigating judge an address which must be located, if the information takes place in metropolitan France, in a metropolitan department or, if the information tak…
The investigating judge issues an order confirming that the complaint has been lodged. Depending on the resources of the civil party, he shall set the amount of the deposit that the latter must, if he…
The deposit set pursuant to Article 88 guarantees payment of the civil fine that may be imposed pursuant to Article 177-2.The sum deposited is returned when this fine has not been imposed by the inves…
The investigating judge may, in the course of the proceedings, order the civil party requesting an expert opinion to first pay a supplement to the deposit provided for by Article 88 in order to guaran…
If the investigating judge does not have jurisdiction under Article 52, it shall, after hearing the Public Prosecutor's case, make an order referring the civil party to such court as it sees fit.
At the first hearing, the civil party shall be informed of his or her right to make a request for an act or to submit a motion for annulment on the basis of the Articles 81, ninth paragraph, 82-1, 156…
When, after an investigation opened on the basis of a civil party's complaint, a decision has been made to dismiss the case, the person under investigation and any other persons referred to in the com…
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