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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title VI: Transfers from one court to another

Article 662

…l Division of the Cour de cassation may relinquish jurisdiction of any investigating or trial court and refer the hearing of the case to another court of the same order on grounds of legitimate suspic…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title VI: Transfers from one court to another

Article 665

…ement of case with the registry of the Cour de cassation. Within ten days of receipt of the request and if it is not acted upon, the public prosecutor at the court of appeal informs the applicant of t…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title II: Forgery

Article 644

The examining magistrate may have any comparison documents handed over to him by whomever he sees fit and seize them. These shall bear his signature and that of the clerk, who shall make a descriptive…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title VII: Challenges

Article 672

…ublic prosecutor at the said court, shall decide by an order, which shall not be subject to any appeal. The provisions of Article 670 shall apply.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title VII: Challenges

Article 674

…f appeal, whose decision, made after consultation with the public prosecutor, is not subject to appeal.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title II: Forgery

Article 647

…is filed at the court registry. It is signed by the applicant or by a lawyer at the Conseil d'Etat and the Cour de cassation or by a special proxy. In the latter case, the power of attorney is attach…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title VII: Challenges

Article 669

The accused person, the defendant, the accused and any party to the proceedings who wishes to challenge an examining magistrate, a police magistrate, one, several or all of the judges of the criminal…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title VI: Transfers from one court to another

Article 663

…investigation, the public prosecutor may, in the interests of the proper administration of justice and notwithstanding the provisions of the articles 43,52and 382, request one of the judges to relinq…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter V: Extradition

Article 696

In the absence of an international convention providing otherwise, the conditions, procedure and effects of extradition shall be determined by the provisions of this Chapter. These provisions shall al…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 1: Recognition of European investigation decisions

Article 694-32

…s of offences for which an investigation decision may not be refused pursuant to 8° of article 694-31 are as follows:

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