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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter III: Copies of criminal record files

Article R75-1

A copy of each record relating to a custodial sentence handed down for a felony or misdemeanour is sent by the clerk of the court that handed down the sentence to the Ministry of the Interior's centra…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter IV: Issuance of Bulletin No. 1 of the Criminal Record

Article R76

Bulletin no. 1 is requested from the magistrate in charge of the automated national criminal record by letter, telegram, fax, teletransmission or magnetic medium, indicating the civil status of the pe…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter IV: Issuance of Bulletin No. 1 of the Criminal Record

Article R78-1

Bulletin no. 1 of the criminal record is sent by letter to the requesting judicial authority. Bulletin No. 1 may also be issued by secure electronic means, including where this is provided for by inte…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Preliminary provisions

Article R91

…o them. Criminal, correctional and police court costs correspond to expenses incurred in the course of criminal proceedings. They are listed in Article R. 92. Expenses of the nature defined in the fir…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
A: General rules

Article R113

…ond their control, the instructing magistrates may, by reasoned decision submitted for the approval of the president of the investigating chamber, award them compensation, in addition to their travel,…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
C: Travel and subsistence expenses

Article R134

Where a witness is unable to meet the costs of his travel, he shall be issued, if he so requests and on presentation of an order made by the president of the judicial court of his place of residence,…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
C: Travel and subsistence expenses

Article R135

Witnesses detained away from their residence by the performance of their duties shall be entitled to a daily allowance calculated under the conditions laid down in

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 4: Costs of sealing, impounding and immobilisation decided pursuant to articles 131-6 (5°) and 131-14 (2°) of the Criminal Code

Article R147

…ses provided for in articles 54, 56, 97 and 151, compensation shall only be granted for the custody of seals where it has not been deemed appropriate to entrust such custody to residents of the buildi…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
a) Delivery of shipments

Article R157

…rectional or police matters are transmitted to any court or tribunal whatsoever, or to the Ministry of Justice, the proceedings and exhibits shall be sent in minutes, unless the Minister of Justice de…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 3: Execution of committal, detention and arrest warrants and coercive measures against defaulting witnesses - Capture in execution of a detention order, judgment or decree

Article R188

The execution of arrest warrants, detention warrants and arrest warrants, committal orders, sentencing rulings and judgments, coercive measures exercised against defaulting witnesses by virtue of arti…

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