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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 8: Letters rogatory

Article 154-2

…with the procedures set out in Article 151, any investigating judge to proceed with the examination of that person in accordance with the provisions of Article 116. The examining magistrate responsibl…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 9: Expertise

Article 165

…y out certain research or to hear any named person who may be able to provide them with information of a technical nature..

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 10: Invalidity of information

Article 174

When a case is referred to the Investigating Chamber on the basis of Article 173 or Article 221-3, all pleas alleging the invalidity of the proceedings referred to it must, without prejudice to its ri…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 11: Settlement orders

Article 177

…that there is no need to follow up. Where the order to dismiss the case is based on the existence of one of the grounds for lack of criminal responsibility provided for by articles 122-2,122-3,122-4…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 11: Settlement orders

Article 180-3

The provisions of Article 180-2 are applicable to the offences mentioned in Article 41-1-3 for the purposes of implementing the procedure provided for in the same Article 41-1-3.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 11: Settlement orders

Article 182

Partial dismissal orders may be issued during the course of the investigation. Partial referral orders or partial transmission orders may be issued under the same conditions when, in respect of one or…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 12: Appeals against orders of the investigating judge or the liberty and custody judge

Article 186-4

In the event of an appeal, even if inadmissible, being lodged against an order provided for in the first paragraph of article 179, the Investigating Chamber shall rule within two months of the date on…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subsection 3: Pre-trial detention

Article 148

…ny time, request their release, subject to the obligations set out in Article 147. However, on pain of inadmissibility, no application for release may be made as long as the liberty and custody judge…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 9: Expertise

Article 160

Experts not included on any of the lists mentioned in article 157 shall, each time they are appointed, take the oath provided for by the loi n° 71-498 du 29 juin 1971 relative aux experts judiciaires…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 11: Settlement orders

Article 181-2

Where an indictment order of the examining magistrate which is no longer subject to appeal has, with regard to the criminal qualifications retained, mistakenly referred the accused to the assize court…

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