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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

…two months of the date on which the appeal was lodged, failing which the detainee shall be automatically released.

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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

…and 696-70. The civil party may lodge an appeal against orders not to inform, orders dismissing the case and orders adversely affecting his civil interests. However, his appeal may not, under any circ…

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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 186-3

…co-investigating judges in accordance with Article 83-2, appeal against these orders.Except in the cases provided for in this article, an appeal lodged by the accused or the civil party against an 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 187-1

…sed, his lawyer or the public prosecutor may submit any written observations in support of the application. At his or her request, the accused person's lawyer presents oral observations before the pre…

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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 187-3

In the case provided for in the second paragraph of article 148-1-1, the public prosecutor who appeals against an order for release that is contrary to his or her recommendations within four hours of…

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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 185

…ge. This appeal, made by declaration to the court registry, must be lodged within ten days of notification of the decision. In the event of an appeal by the person under investigation against the comm…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 12: On-street vehicle parking charges

Article L2333-87

I.-Without prejudice to the application of articles L. 2213-2 and L. 2512-14, the municipal council or the deliberative body of the public establishment for inter-communal cooperation or of the joint…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: The investigating judge: court of first instance

Article D40-3

For the application of Articles 186 and 186-1, and for all transfers of files to the court of appeal, the copy of the information file provided for by Article 81 which must be sent to the public prose…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 12: Payment incidents and penalties

Article R131-42

…nque de France shall inform any banker concerned of any cheque-writing bans resulting from the application of Articles L. 131-73 or L. 163-6, no later than the second working day following receipt of…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 12: Payment incidents and penalties

Article R131-43

…que payment incidents recorded in its central file in the name of any person designated by the applicant.

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