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Showing 20812090 of 62763 articles for Art. Arrêté DEVL1507007A of 23-3-2015

French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 2: Procedures for recovery of financial penalties.

Article D48-35

…iary penalties are recovered in accordance with the procedures determined by the decree no. 64-1333 of 22 December 1964 relating to the recovery of fines and pecuniary penalties by the accountants of…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Rules of jurisdiction and procedure

Article D49-33

The adversarial hearing before the sentence enforcement judge provided for in

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: Establishment and composition

Article D49-3

Unless otherwise provided for in the table below, the usual seat of the sentence enforcement court shall be that of the judicial court of the seat of the court of appeal.COURS D'APPELJUDICIAL COURTS s…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Rules of jurisdiction and procedure

Article D49-37

Before the sentence enforcement court, the adversarial debate provided for by Article 712-7 begins with an oral report by the sentenced person's enforcement judge.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Rules of jurisdiction and procedure

Article D49-34

…by reasoned order that a request for sentence adjustment is inadmissible pursuant to the provisions of Articles D. 49-11 and D. 49-12 or because it has been submitted by a convicted offender who has n…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 2: Procedures for recovery of financial penalties.

Article D48-30

The provisions of articles 707-2 and 707-4 relating to the reduction in the amount of fines in the event of voluntary payment within one month are applicable to foreign pecuniary penalties when they a…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 2: Procedures for recovery of financial penalties.

Article D48-32

The reduction in the financial penalty provided for by Article D. 48-30 only applies in the event of simultaneous payment, within a period of one month, of the sum of money ordered as a sentence, the…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 2: Procedures for recovery of financial penalties.

Article D48-31

…icle D. 48-30 notifies the convicted person by registered letter that, if he or she pays the amount of this pecuniary penalty within one month of the date on which this letter is sent, the amount of t…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Rules of jurisdiction and procedure

Article D49-32

When an application under the provisions of Article 712-5, the sentence enforcement judge must rule by reasoned order no later than two months after the application has been lodged under the condition…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Rules of jurisdiction and procedure

Article D49-35

…public prosecutor has so requested, after an adversarial debate, in accordance with the provisions of this article. When the sentence enforcement judge takes up the case of his own motion or when it…

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