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French Customs CodeIn force
Chapter III: Immunities, safeguards and obligations of customs officials.

Article 55

In the performance of their duties, customs officers must carry their commission of employment, which states that they have taken an oath; they are obliged to show it at the first requisition.

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French Customs CodeIn force
Chapter III: Immunities, safeguards and obligations of customs officials.

Article 58

…summons to leave the radius within one month are liable to six months' imprisonment and a fine of 7,500 euros.

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French Customs CodeIn force
Chapter III: Immunities, safeguards and obligations of customs officials.

Article 54

1. Subject to the age conditions laid down by the laws in force, customs officers of all grades must take an oath before the judicial court within whose jurisdiction their place of residence is situat…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Section 2: Establishment of customs brigades.

Article 50

Customs brigades are created and abolished by decisions of the Director General of Customs and Excise.

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French Customs CodeIn force
Section 3: Provisions common to customs offices and brigades.

Article 52

1. The municipal administrations and, in their absence, those of the department are required, when requisitioned by the heads of the customs service, to designate the houses and sites suitable for the…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: Exercise of the right of appeal

Article 508

The clerk of the court shall notify the president of the court of the filing of such application. The judgment shall not be enforceable and the court may not rule on the merits until a decision has be…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Jurisdiction of the Police Court

Article 523

…a judge of the judicial court, an officer of the public prosecutor's office as stated in articles 45 et seq. and a court clerk.When it hears offences of the first four classes, with the exception of…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter II: Simplified procedure

Article 528

In the event of opposition lodged by the public prosecutor or the accused, the case shall be brought before the police court in the forms of ordinary procedure. The judgment rendered in absentia, on t…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: Exercise of the right of appeal

Article 501

When the court rules on an application for release in accordance with articles 148-1 and 148-2 as well as when it rules on an application to release or modify a judicial supervision order or house arr…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter II: Simplified procedure

Article 526

The order contains the surname, first names, date and place of birth and domicile of the accused, the legal description, date and place of the alleged offence, a reference to the applicable laws and,…

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