French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: General provisions
Article 210
The investigating chamber shall rule in a single judgment on all the facts between which there is a connection.
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The investigating chamber shall rule in a single judgment on all the facts between which there is a connection.
The committal order shall contain, on pain of nullity, the statement and legal classification of the facts, which are the subject of the charge, and shall specify the identity of the accused. It also…
It examines whether there are sufficient charges against the person under investigation.
If the investigating chamber considers that the facts do not constitute a crime, offence or contravention or if the perpetrator remains unknown or if there are insufficient charges against the person…
The judgments of the Investigating Chamber are signed by the President and the Registrar. They shall mention the names of the judges, the filing of exhibits and briefs, the reading of the report, the…
The provisions of articles 171,172 and of the last paragraph of Article 174 shall apply to this chapter. The regularity of the judgments of the investigating chambers and the regularity of the previou…
The president of the investigating division, and in courts where there are several investigating divisions, one of the presidents specially appointed by the general assembly, exercises the specific po…
If the Investigating Chamber considers that the facts constitute a misdemeanour or a contravention, it orders the case to be referred to the Criminal Court, in the first case, and to the Police Court,…
If the acts charged against the persons under investigation constitute an offence classified as a felony by law, the investigating chamber shall order the indictment before the assize court or before…
Except in the case provided for in Article 196, the parties' lawyers are notified of the judgments within three days by registered letter. In the same way and within the same time limits, the parties…
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