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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title VII: Challenges

Article 674-2

The competent chamber shall rule within one month of the lodging of the application at the registry, after the challenged magistrate has made his observations.For the remainder, the provisions of Book…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Jurisdiction of French courts

Article 689-2

For the application of the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, adopted in New York on 10 December 1984, may be prosecuted and tried under the cond…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Mutual assistance for the purposes of hearings, surveillance or infiltration

Article 694-7

With the prior agreement of the Minister of Justice to whom a request for mutual legal assistance has been made for this purpose, foreign police officers may pursue undercover operations on the territ…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title VII: Challenges

Article 674-1

An application for the disqualification of a judge of the Court of Cassation hearing a criminal case must state the reasons on which it is based; it is lodged with the court registry. The assistance o…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Mutual assistance for the purposes of hearings, surveillance or infiltration

Article 694-9

When, in accordance with the stipulations of international conventions, the public prosecutor or investigating judge communicates information from ongoing criminal proceedings to foreign judicial auth…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title II: Forgery

Article 647-2

The order granting permission to register a forgery shall be served on the defendant within the period of fifteen days, with a summons to declare whether he intends to make use of the document alleged…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title IVa: The manner in which statements are received from staff of certain specialised departments or units

Article 656-1

…he head of the department and may be the place where the officer is assigned.If a confrontation has to be carried out between an accused person or a person appearing before the trial court and an offi…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title IVa: The manner in which statements are received from staff of certain specialised departments or units

Article 656-2

…of experts from international organisations or use a report drawn up by them as a body of evidence to establish the material element of the offence or as elements to help establish the truth. The req…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Jurisdiction of French courts

Article 689-10

…et out in Article 689-1 any person guilty of a felony or misdemeanour defined by the Articles 421-1 to 421-2-2 of the Penal Code where this offence constitutes financing of terrorist acts within the m…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Mutual assistance for the purposes of hearings, surveillance or infiltration

Article 694-5

The provisions of Article 706-71 shall apply to the simultaneous execution, on the territory of the Republic and abroad, of requests for mutual assistance from foreign judicial authorities or acts of…

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