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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 3: Powers of the public prosecutor

Article 41-3

…of the ban on issuing cheques may also not exceed three months. The measures provided for by 9° to 12° of Article 41-2 are not applicable. The measure provided for by 6° of the said article is not app…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 3: Powers of the public prosecutor

Article 41-1-3

As long as the public prosecution has not been initiated, the public prosecutor may propose to a legal person charged with one or more offences under the

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 3: Sworn private security guards

Article 29-1

…of their criminal record or in the automated processing of personal data mentioned in article 230-6;2° Persons who do not meet the conditions of technical aptitude, set by decree in the Conseil d'Etat…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 2: Civil servants and public service employees

Article 28-2

…of the cases provided for in 1° to 5° of II of the article L. 228 du livre des procédures fiscales; 2° Les infractions prévues aux Articles 313-1 to 313-3 of the Criminal Codewhen they concern value a…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Book V: Provisions applicable to Mayotte

Article 2490

…e application of this code in Mayotte, the terms listed below are replaced as follows:1° (Repealed);2° "Court" or "court of appeal" by: "chambre d'appel de Mamoudzou";3° "Juge d'instance" by: "préside…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subtitle I: Public and civil proceedings

Article 2-23

…g a breach of the duty of probity, punishable under Articles 432-10 to 432-15 of the Criminal Code; 2° The offences of bribery and trading in influence, punishable under Articles 433-1, 433-2, 434-9,…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subtitle I: Public and civil proceedings

Article 9-2

…and 532 of this code and to the article 65 of the law of 29 July 1881 on the freedom of the press ; 2° Any investigative act emanating from the public prosecutor's office, any report drawn up by a jud…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subtitle III: Victims' rights

Article 10-2

…ion for it or by any other suitable means, including, if appropriate, a restorative justice measure;2° To be a civil party either in the context of the initiation of public proceedings by the public p…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article 15

The judicial police comprise:1° Officers of the judicial police;2° Judicial police officers and deputy judicial police officers;3° Investigation assistants of the national police and the national gend…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subtitle I: Public and civil proceedings

Article 2-19

…cted representatives and, under the same conditions, any departmental association affiliated to it; 2° For elected departmental representatives, the Assemblée des départements de France and any nation…

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