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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subsection 1: Procedure

Article R53-8-53

The Pluridisciplinary Commission on Security Measures is consulted by the sentence enforcement judge, or failing this by the public prosecutor, at least eighteen months before the release of the perso…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Security surveillance

Article R53-8-44

Security surveillance for a period of two years may be ordered and, where appropriate, renewed by the regional court for security retention, in respect of the persons mentioned in Article 706-53-13, f…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: List of ad hoc administrators

Article R53-4

Every four years, the ad hoc administrators on the list provided for in Article R. 53 make a new application for registration, which is processed in accordance with the provisions of Article R. 53-3.…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 5: Request for rectification, deletion or restriction of the obligation to submit data

Article R53-8-27

The competent public prosecutor, pursuant to the provisions of Article 706-53-10, to order, at the request of the person concerned, the rectification or deletion of the information contained in the fi…

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

Article R53-12

In accordance with dispositions de l'article L. 235-1 du code de la sécurité intérieure, les résultats des analyses d'identification par empreintes génétiques mentionnées aux I et II de l'article R. 5…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Informing the person entered in the file

Article R53-8-9

Informing convicted persons is carried out in accordance with the provisions of this article.When the person is present at the hearing, the information relating to his registration in the file and the…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 7: Deletion of data from the file

Article R53-8-35

The department managing the file shall erase the data entered in it: a) On expiry of the periods provided for in 1° and 2° of Article 706-53-4; b) When informed of one of the decisions mentioned in th…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Informing the person entered in the file

Article R53-8-11

In the cases provided for by 4° of Article 706-53-2, the magistrate or court making the decision shall inform the person concerned and notify them of their obligations either orally or by registered l…

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

Article R53-6

Where, within the jurisdiction of the court of appeal, it is not possible to appoint one of the persons on the list provided for in Article R. 53 or that this list has not yet been drawn up, and one o…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: Registration in the file

Article R53-8-6

Specifically authorised police officers or gendarmerie units shall record in the file any proof of address or change of address of which they have become aware pursuant to the provisions of Article 70…

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