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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Provisions relating to the digital procedure

Article D589

Any procedural document, drawn up or converted into digital format pursuant to the first paragraph of Article 801-1, may be transmitted or consulted by persons authorised in accordance with the provis…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Provisions relating to the digital procedure

Article D589-6

The exemptions provided for in II of Article 801-1 are applicable to any procedural document in digital format available to the judicial authority as well as those intended to be transmitted to it. Th…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 5: Safety

Article D282

…écès d'une personne détenue, le chef de l'établissement donne les avis prévus à l'article D. 214-26 of the same code. If there has been suicide or violent death, or if the cause of death is unknown or…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 5: Information concerning prisoners and their relations with the outside world

Article D428

Information relating to the place of imprisonment, the criminal status or the date of release of a prisoner, must be provided by the prison services to the judicial authorities who are qualified to kn…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Prisoners of foreign nationality

Article D507

In accordance with the dispositions de l'article D. 216-12 du code pénitentiaire, la délivrance des permis de visite et le contrôle de la correspondance concernant les détenus écroués à suite d'une de…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Parole application procedure

Article D523-1

…son's choice is recorded in a report signed by the person concerned. It is brought to the attention of the sentence enforcement judge without delay. The prison integration and probation service shall…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Special conditions

Article D536

The decision granting a sentenced person the benefit of conditional release may also make the granting and continuation of this measure subject to one of the obligations and prohibitions set out in ar…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter II: Transmission of requests, notifications or service by electronic means of telecommunication

Article D593

The provisions of

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title I: Provisions relating to Guadeloupe, French Guiana, Martinique, Réunion and Saint Pierre and Miquelon

Article D600-2

…d to the prison integration and probation counsellor, specific instructions relating to the purpose of the measure and the content of the obligations to be met. "The director of prison services will c…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 2: Designation of national police judicial police officers

Article A20

In the month following the examination, the chairman convenes a meeting of the examination board to establish the marking standards and to allocate the papers to the markers. The anonymity of the pape…

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