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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title XXIX: Special seizures

Article R53-52

The registration of seizures of business assets made on the basis of Article 706-157 shall be entered in the register kept by the registrar of the commercial court or of the judicial court ruling in c…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title XXX: Agency for the management and recovery of seized and confiscated assets

Article R54-5

…tion, operating and equipment costs, costs of managing, recovering and disposing of seized or confiscated assets entrusted to it and, in general, any expenditure necessary for the establishment's acti…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title XXIX: Special seizures

Article R53-50

…the seizure of the sums and any document likely to substantiate the rights and identity of the applicant. Deconsignment is carried out on production of the final decision designating the beneficiary o…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title XXIX: Special seizures

Article R53-55

…e registration shall be requested by the Agency for the Management and Recovery of Seized and Confiscated Assets, which shall produce in support of its request a copy of the final decision to release,…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter V: Compensation in the event of dismissal, discharge or acquittal

Article R249-5

…party, the investigating or trial court may only award compensation against the latter on the application of the public prosecutor and by a reasoned decision, if it considers that the civil party's c…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subsection 1: Personalised assessment and protective measures

Article D1-5

…he victim insofar as they are strictly necessary for the ongoing investigation; 3° Arranges for medical examinations of the victim insofar as they are strictly necessary for the ongoing investigation.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 1: Measures prior to placing under house arrest with electronic surveillance

Article D32-5

…n probation service. This collection is not necessary, however, if this agreement is already in the case file.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: Requisitioning and seizures

Article D15-5

When a requisition under the article 60-1 without a dedicated report being drawn up, mention of this act is made in the report setting out the steps taken by the requesting magistrate, the judicial po…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Specific powers of the President of the Investigating Chamber

Article D43-5

…99,706-153 et 778, the president of the investigating chamber has sole jurisdiction to rule on applications or appeals or disputes relating to:-to the restitution of objects placed under court supervi…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 3: Staff reports and monitoring of the judicial activities of judicial police officers (Provisions adopted for the application of articles 13, 16, 19-1, 224 to 230 and R. 14 to R. 15-6 of the Code of Criminal Procedure)

Article D44-5

In the event of the temporary unavailability of the magistrate whose duties are defined in articles 230-9,230-14 and 230-24, these are exercised by the senior prosecuting magistrate who is a member of…

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