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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter V: Criminal provisions.

Article L3215-1

…° For the director of an establishment referred to in article L. 3222-1 to maintain the psychiatric care measure of which a person is the subject, whatever the form, when the lifting of the measure is…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Admission to psychiatric care of prisoners suffering from mental disorders

Article L3214-3

When a detainee requires immediate in-patient care and constant supervision due to a mental disorder that makes consent impossible and constitutes a danger to himself or to others, the Préfet de Polic…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter V: Residence permits on humanitarian grounds

Article R425-2

…ed for in the same article will be issued with a receipt of the same duration by the Prefect or, in Paris, by the Police Prefect, in accordance with the provisions of article R. 425-3. This period run…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter I: TEMPORARY PROTECTION

Article R581-1

…f over the age of eighteen, goes to the prefecture of the department in which he/she resides or, in Paris, to the police prefecture, to request the issue of the temporary residence document referred t…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Title IV: RIGHT TO STAY ON FRENCH TERRITORY

Article R541-1

The certificate of application for asylum is renewed until the right to remain expires in application of articles L. 542-1 or L. 542-2.Renewal of the certificate of application for asylum is the respo…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter II: ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURE

Article R632-5

The notification of the bulletin mentioned in article R. 632-3 is made by the prefect of the département where the foreign national's residence is located or, if the foreign national is detained in a…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
SINGLE CHAPTER: Financial provisions

Article L2531-5

Subject to the provisions of article L. 2531-7, the payment is allocated to the financing of investment and operating expenses for regular public passenger transport carried out in the Paris transport…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subtitle II: Citizen participation in the trial of criminal cases.

Article R2

For the application of article 264-1, the prefect's order apportioning the number of jurors pursuant to article 260 is issued before the end of January each year or, in Paris, before the end of March.…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter II: The automated national criminal database for perpetrators of terrorist offences

Article R50-55

…o the provisions of article 706-25-12, to order, at the request of the person concerned, the rectification or deletion of the information contained in the file is that of the last court that handed do…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Judicial police

Article D15-1-1

An interministerial technical assistance service is set up within the National Directorate of the Judicial Police, made up of police officers, gendarmerie members and customs officers. This service is…

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