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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: General provisions

Article 706-47-4

…hen a person is placed under judicial supervision and is subject to the obligation provided for in 12° bis of Article 138. II to IV of Article 11-2 shall apply to the arrangements for transmitting and…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title XX: National automated genetic fingerprint database

Article 706-54

…the cause of death or the cause of a disappearance provided for by the articles 74, 74-1 and 80-4 ;2° Searches for identification purposes, provided for by Article 16-11 of the Civil Code, of decease…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title XIX: Procedure applicable to sexual offences and the protection of minors who are victims

Article 706-47

…21-4 of the Penal Code, when committed on a minor or when committed in a state of legal recidivism; 2° Crimes of torture or acts of barbarism provided for in articles 222-1 to 222-6 of the same code a…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter III: Security detention and surveillance

Article 706-53-14

…lance, appear insufficient to prevent the commission of the crimes mentioned in article 706-53-13 ; 2° And if such detention thus constitutes the only means of preventing the commission, the likelihoo…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title XVIII: Prosecution, investigation and trial of offences committed by legal persons

Article 706-42

…jurisdiction: 1° The public prosecutor and the courts of the place where the offence was committed; 2° The public prosecutor and the courts of the place where the legal person has its registered offic…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title XXa: Directory of personal data collected in the context of legal proceedings

Article 706-56-2

…the persons mentioned in the first paragraph that have been carried out:1° During the investigation;2° During the investigation;3° On the occasion of the judgment;4° During the execution of the senten…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title XX: National automated genetic fingerprint database

Article 706-56-1

…nvicted by a foreign criminal court of an offence of the same nature as those referred to in 1° and 2° of Article 706-55, where these convictions, pursuant to an international convention or agreement,…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title XVIII: Prosecution, investigation and trial of offences committed by legal persons

Article 706-45

The investigating judge may place the legal entity under judicial supervision under the conditions set out in articles 139 and 140 by subjecting it to one or more of the following obligations:

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title XVII: Prosecution, investigation and judgment of offences relating to trafficking in human beings, procuring or the use of prostitution of minors

Article 706-38

…r restaurant licence or the owner of the business in which one of the establishments referred to in 2° of article 225-10 of the Penal Code is not prosecuted, the additional penalties provided for by A…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter II: The automated national judicial database for perpetrators of sexual or violent offences

Article 706-53-7

…shall be directly accessible, via a secure telecommunications system:1° To the judicial authorities;2° To officers of the judicial police, in the context of proceedings concerning a crime of wilful bo…

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