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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subsection 2: House arrest with electronic surveillance

Article 142-6

…n with electronic monitoring is decided by reasoned order of the investigating judge or the liberty and custody judge, who rules after an adversarial hearing in accordance with Article 145 or in the l…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Extradition procedure under ordinary law

Article 696-16

The investigating chamber may, by a decision which is not subject to appeal, authorise the requesting State to intervene at the hearing at which the extradition request is considered, through a person…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Extradition procedure under ordinary law

Article 696-19

…quested at any time from the Investigating Chamber in accordance with the forms set out in articles 148-6 and 148-7. The claimant's lawyer is summoned by registered letter with acknowledgement of rece…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Extradition procedure under ordinary law

Article 696-10

…ught before the territorially competent public prosecutor within forty-eight hours. The articles 63-1 to 63-7 are applicable during this period. After verifying the identity of the person claimed, the…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Extradition procedure under ordinary law

Article 696-15

…all appear before it within ten working days from the date of his presentation to the Attorney General. The provisions of the second, third and fourth paragraphs of Article 696-13 shall apply. If, at…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Extradition procedure under ordinary law

Article 696-13

…ll appear before it within five working days from the date of his presentation to the Attorney General. When the person claimed appears, the Investigating Chamber shall establish his identity and take…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Extradition procedure under ordinary law

Article 696-17

If the reasoned opinion of the investigating chamber postpones the extradition request and that opinion is final, extradition cannot be granted. The person claimed, if not detained for another reason,…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Extradition procedure under ordinary law

Article 696-11

…resident of the court of appeal or the sitting magistrate designated by him orders the imprisonment and extradition of the person claimed at the remand centre at the seat of the court of appeal. Howev…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Extradition procedure under ordinary law

Article 696-14

If, at the time of his appearance, the person claimed declares that he consents to be extradited and that the legal conditions for extradition have been fulfilled, the investigating chamber, after inf…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Extradition procedure under ordinary law

Article 696-18

In cases other than that provided for in Article 696-17, extradition is authorised by decree of the Prime Minister issued on the report of the Minister of Justice. If, within one month of notification…

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