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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article 15-4

…onal police force or the national gendarmerie may be authorised not to be identified by their first and last names in the procedural documents defined in 1° and 2° of this I that they draw up or in wh…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article 15-3

Officers and agents of the judicial police are obliged to receive complaints lodged by victims of criminal offences, including when these complaints are lodged with a judicial police service or unit t…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article 15-5

Only staff specially and individually authorised for this purpose may consult data processing systems during an investigation or enquiry. This special and individual authorisation may be verified at a…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article 83-1

…he investigating magistrate, or, if such a decision is essential for the determination of the truth and the proper administration of justice, to relinquish jurisdiction of the investigating magistrate…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article 82-1

The parties may, during the investigation, submit to the investigating judge a written and reasoned request that they be heard or questioned, that a witness be heard, that they be confronted or transp…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article 84-1

…e of the person under investigation or the first hearing of the civil party or the assisted witness and at any time during the proceedings, the examining magistrate may ask the party, in the presence…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article 80-1

On pain of nullity, the examining magistrate may only indict persons against whom there is serious or corroborating evidence making it likely that they may have participated, as perpetrator or accompl…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article 81-1

…f the civil party, carry out, in accordance with the law, any act enabling him to assess the nature and extent of the harm suffered by the victim or to gather information about the victim's personalit…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: Background files

Article 230-11

…sultation with the Commission nationale de l'informatique et des libertés, shall lay down the terms and conditions for the application of this section. In particular, it shall specify the list of offe…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article 207-1

…he Assize Court, or declare that there are no grounds to proceed with the case, or raise the matter and proceed in accordance with the conditions set out in articles 201,202 and 204, or refer the case…

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