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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter II: The automated national criminal database for perpetrators of terrorist offences

Article R50-48

When the person is in a public or private establishment in which he or she is placed or detained pursuant to a judicial or administrative decision, proof of address may consist of a certificate issued…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter II: The automated national criminal database for perpetrators of terrorist offences

Article R50-49

Where the person concerned is a minor, the proof of address or the declaration of a change of address is made by his legal representatives or the persons to whom his custody has been entrusted in acco…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Single chapter: Provisions specific to mutual assistance between France and the other Member States of the European Union

Article R49-42

…in Article L. 561-23 of the Monetary and Financial Code or declarations mentioned in the article 1649 A du code général des impôts. The registers are kept for five years after their creation.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Ad hoc administrators

Article R53-4

Every four years, the ad hoc administrators on the list provided for in Article R. 53 make a new application for registration, which is processed in accordance with the provisions of Article R. 53-3.…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title VIIc: Mobile electronic anti-seizure device

Article R61-43

…of personal data known as "anti-seizure bracelet", provided for in articles 138-3 of this code, 132-45-1 of the penal codeand 515-11-1 of the code civil, the information and personal data that may be…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title I: Enforcement of criminal sentences

Article R57-4

In the event of a new prosecution being brought against a convicted offender under his supervision, the enforcement judge is notified by the public prosecutor. He will provide this magistrate with any…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title VIIa: Socio-judicial supervision

Article R61-4

When the sentenced person is detained, the reminder of the obligations to which he or she is subject and which is provided for in the first paragraph of Article R. 61 is made, in the days preceding hi…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Book IV: Some special procedures

Article R53-40

The request from the investigating judge provided for in the first paragraph of Article 230-40 shall specify the reasons why he considers that the conditions provided for by the provisions of that sam…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Reduction of the fine for voluntary payment

Article R55-4

In the event of an adversarial decision handed down in the presence of the convicted person or his representative, the latter will be given, at the end of the hearing, if he so requests, a statement o…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Book IV: Some special procedures

Article R54-4

…oth running of the agency, subject to the powers conferred on the Board of Directors by Article R. 54-3. It prepares the meetings of the Board of Directors, draws up the public institution's budget an…

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