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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Flagrant crimes and offences

Article R15-33-74

…lished, a copy of this medium is placed under seal. The operations provided for in Article R. 15-33-71 and this Article may be the subject of a single report.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Flagrant crimes and offences

Article R15-33-70

Only judicial police officers assigned to a service or unit carrying out judicial police duties and who have been expressly authorised to do so by the head of the service or unit may make such request…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Flagrant crimes and offences

Article R15-33-75

Personal data collected pursuant to this section may not be processed by automatic means, with the exception of the processing required for use in criminal legal proceedings.The personal data collecte…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Flagrant crimes and offences

Article R15-33-72

The technical procedures for interrogating and transmitting information are specified in a protocol signed by the Minister of Justice and, as appropriate, the Minister of the Interior or the Minister…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 3: Secure detention

Article R53-8-75

…es national public health establishment, subject to the adaptations provided for in Article R. 53-8-77 and articles R. 541-17 and R. 541-18 du code pénitentiaire.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 3: Secure detention

Article R53-8-72

The Director of Penitentiary Services shall take any measures necessary for the good order of the centre, the safety of individuals and the security of property under the conditions laid down by the p…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 3: Secure detention

Article R53-8-70

The sentence enforcement judge may grant the detainee permission to leave under mobile electronic surveillance for one or more days in order to maintain family ties or to prepare for the end of the de…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 3: Secure detention

Article R53-8-77

Persons held in the centre come under the jurisdiction of one of the vice-presidents in charge of enforcing sentences of the Paris judicial court, appointed by the first president of the Paris court o…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 3: Secure detention

Article R53-8-74

The president of the regional court for secure detention, on referral from the sentence enforcement judge, may issue a search order against a detainee: 1° Who evades the detention measure to which he…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 3: Secure detention

Article R53-8-71

Permission to leave the prison is granted or refused by reasoned order, after consulting the director of prison services, the director of the public health establishment and the public prosecutor. The…

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