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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subsection 1: Judicial supervision

Article 142-4

When a trial court is called upon to rule in the cases provided for in this sub-section, it shall do so under the conditions determined by

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subsection 3: Pre-trial detention

Article 145-4

When an accused person is remanded in custody, the examining magistrate may impose a communication ban for a period of ten days. This measure may be renewed, but only for a further period of ten days.…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 12: Appeals against orders of the investigating judge or the liberty and custody judge

Article 186-4

In the event of an appeal, even if inadmissible, being lodged against an order provided for in the first paragraph of article 179, the Investigating Chamber shall rule within two months of the date on…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subsection 3: Pre-trial detention

Article 148-4

…o the investigating chamber, which shall rule in accordance with the conditions set out in Article 148 (last paragraph).

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter VIII: Recording and fixing images in public places using airborne devices

Article 230-49

The decision authorising the use of the device referred to in article 230-47 shall include all the information needed to identify the places concerned and shall specify its duration. The authorisation…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter V: Geolocation

Article 230-42

…y be handed down on the basis of evidence gathered under the conditions provided for in Article 230-40, unless the request and the report referred to in the last paragraph of this same article have be…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter V: Geolocation

Article 230-43

Recordings of location data shall be destroyed, at the request of the public prosecutor or the public prosecutor's office, on expiry of the limitation period for prosecution. A record of the destructi…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter V: Geolocation

Article 230-40

Where, in an investigation concerning one of the crimes or offences falling within the scope of Articles 706-73 and 706-73-1, knowledge of this information is likely to seriously endanger the life or…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Clarifying the encrypted data needed to establish the truth

Article 230-4

Decisions taken pursuant to this chapter shall not be of a judicial nature and shall not be subject to appeal.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter VI: The national judicial interception platform

Article 230-45

…rceptions. Unless technically impossible, requisitions and requests made pursuant to articles 60-2,74-2,77-1-2,80-4,99-4,100 à 100-7,230-32 à 230-44,706-95and 709-1-3 of this Code or Article 67 bis-2…

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