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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Common provisions

Article 706-145

No one may validly dispose of property seized in criminal proceedings except in the cases provided for in articles 41-5 and 99-2 and this chapter. From the date on which it becomes enforceable and unt…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title XXXI: Conservatory measures

Article 706-166

…du procureur de la République, peut, dans les conditions et selon les modalités prévues à l'article 706-103 du présent code, ordonner des mesures conservatoires sur les biens, meubles ou immeubles, di…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title XXXIII: Procedure applicable in the event of a collective accident

Article 706-182

…utor at the court of appeal within whose jurisdiction a court with jurisdiction pursuant to article 706-176 leads and coordinates, in consultation with the other public prosecutors in the inter-region…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: General provisions

Article 707-5

…ns set out in this Code, without waiting for the sentence to become enforceable pursuant to Article 707, subject to the Public Prosecutor's right of suspensive appeal provided for in article 712-14.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 3: Procedure in the event of an appeal

Article 712-12

An appeal against the orders referred to in 1° of Article 712-11 shall be referred to the president of the enforcement division of the court of appeal, who shall rule by reasoned order in the light of…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Common provisions

Article 706-142

The public prosecutor, the investigating judge or, with their authorisation, the judicial police officer may request the assistance of any qualified person to carry out the acts necessary for the seiz…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: General provisions

Article 709-1

In each judicial court and in each court of appeal, an office for the enforcement of sentences shall be set up, the composition, tasks and operating procedures of which shall be specified by decree. I…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: Establishment and composition

Article 712-2

One or more sitting magistrates are entrusted with the duties of the sentence enforcement judge in the judicial courts, the list of which is set by decree. There shall be at least one sentence enforce…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 3: Procedure in the event of an appeal

Article 712-14

The decisions of the enforcement judge and the enforcement court are provisionally enforceable. However, where the public prosecutor's appeal is lodged within twenty-four hours of notification, it sus…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title XXXIII: Procedure applicable in the event of a collective accident

Article 706-180

The order made pursuant to Article 706-179 may, to the exclusion of all other means of appeal, be referred within five days of its notification, at the request of the public prosecutor or the parties,…

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