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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: Courts dealing with secure detention

Article R53-8-41

Decisions by the regional court for secure detention may be appealed to the national court for secure detention, which must be lodged within ten days of their notification either by the person concern…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 8: Common provisions

Article R53-8-37

Magistrates from the public prosecutor's office and any official from the public prosecutor's office specially authorised by the public prosecutor exercise the powers granted to that magistrate for th…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 8: Common provisions

Article R53-8-39

Registration of personal data in the file is carried out directly by authorised or empowered persons. Registration and consultation of the file are carried out via secure telecommunication means. The…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title XXIII: The use of means of telecommunication during proceedings

Article R53-39

When the provisions of the third paragraph of Article 706-71 are applied in the course of an information, the interpreter's oath provided for in the second paragraph of article 102 shall be taken, by…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: Courts dealing with secure detention

Article R53-8-40

The president of the chamber and the two councillors of the court of appeal who make up the regional court for secure detention belong to the court of appeal within whose jurisdiction this court sits.…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title XX: National automated genetic fingerprint database and central biological sample preservation service

Article R53-18-1

The collection, modification, consultation, communication, including transfers, and deletion of personal data and information are recorded. Recorded consultation and communication operations establish…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Appointment of an ad hoc administrator

Article R53-7

The appointment of an ad hoc administrator under the provisions of Article 706-50 is notified to the minor's legal representatives and may be appealed by them within ten days of notification. This app…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subsection 2: Organisation of socio-medico-judicial security centres

Article R53-8-55

The tasks and organisation of the medico-socio-judicial security centres, as well as the conditions under which the detainees' lawyers and the judicial authority have access to information relating to…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title XX: National automated genetic fingerprint database and central biological sample preservation service

Article R53-14-4

The President of the Examining Magistrate's Chamber, after requesting the Public Prosecutor's written submissions, makes a reasoned order within three months. This order is notified to the Public Pros…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 3: Obligations incumbent on the person entered in the file

Article R53-8-19

When the person is serving a custodial sentence pursuant to the conviction that led to their registration in the file, their obligation to provide proof of address, to declare a change of address and,…

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