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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 3: Transport, search, seizure and interception of telecommunications correspondence

Article R15-41-1

Under the provisions of the second paragraph of Article 99-2, movable property placed in the hands of the court shall be sold and, where applicable, the proceeds of the sale shall be returned to the o…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 3: Transport, search, seizure and interception of telecommunications correspondence

Article R15-41-2

Property placed in the hands of the law is handed over to the Agence de gestion et de recouvrement des avoirs saisis et confisqués (Agency for the Management and Recovery of Seized and Confiscated Ass…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Composition pénale

Article R15-33-46

…gned by the public prosecutor. Attached to it are the reports provided for in the articles R. 15-33-40 and R. 15-33-45 and the full investigation procedure.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Composition pénale

Article R15-33-43

…an offence provided for in articles 222-19-1 or 222-20-1 of the Penal Code or to the articles L. 234-1 or L. 234-8 of the Highway Code or any other offence giving rise to the withdrawal of driving li…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Composition pénale

Article R15-33-49

When the penal composition has been validated or, in the case provided for by article R. 15-33-40-1, where the proposed measures have been accepted, the public prosecutor may appoint a delegate or med…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Composition pénale

Article R15-33-40

The minutes provided for in the twenty-sixth paragraph of l'article 41-2 précise :the nature of the alleged offences and their legal classification;the nature and quantum of the measures proposed purs…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Composition pénale

Article R15-33-42

The performance of unpaid work provided for by 6° of article 41-2 consists in the performance of work for the benefit of either a legal person governed by public law, or a legal person governed by pri…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Composition pénale

Article R15-33-47

When the president of the court decides to hear the perpetrator and the victim, they are summoned by any means. The president of the court may hold a joint hearing or separate hearings. These hearings…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title IV: Common provisions

Article R40-43-1

…cally impossible, the following are made available: 1° To the persons mentioned in 1° of article R. 40-43 : a) The content of electronic communications intercepted on the basis of articles 74-2,80-4,1…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title IV: Common provisions

Article R40-43-2

The persons mentioned in 1° of Article R. 40-43, data and information obtained during the capture, fixation, transmission or recording of speech carried out on the basis of articles 706-96 to 706-98.

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