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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 3: Operation

Article L7122-23

After the election of its standing committee, under the conditions provided for in Article L. 7123-5, the Assembly of French Guiana may form its committees and appoint its members or delegates to sit…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article D31-4

…itted as a repeat offender, the public prosecutor may, in his submissions made pursuant to Article 86 and in accordance with the fifth paragraph of Article 52-1, request that the case be referred to t…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article D29

The President may designate one of the Vice-Presidents or judges of the court to replace him in the exercise of the functions provided for in Article D. 28, one of the vice-presidents or judges of the…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article D27

The examining magistrate in charge of a new investigation or called upon to replace his colleague in the event of impediment or change of post, is designated under the following conditions.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article D31-3

…other than those provided for by the law of 29 July 1881 on freedom of the press or by articles L. 86, L. 87, L. 91 to L. 100, L. 102 to L. 104, L. 106 to L. 108 and L. 113 of the Electoral Code, must…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article D30

The president of the court may draw up a rota designating the investigating judges provisionally responsible for information that may arise at night, on Sundays and public holidays.The final appointme…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article D31

The provisions of this paragraph shall not apply:1° Where there is only one examining magistrate;2° Where there is an investigation involving an accused under the age of eighteen and there is only one…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article D28

The president of the court, having received the opening indictment and the attachments in the case of new information, forwards the file together with his decision to the designated investigating judg…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article D31-2

Where the investigating judge relinquishes jurisdiction pursuant to the last paragraph of Article 118, he shall immediately inform the president of the judicial court in which the investigating divisi…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article D31-1

For the application of the provisions of the third paragraph of Article 83-1, where the investigation has been opened in a court where there is no investigating division, the examining magistrate who…

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