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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title III: Procedure in the event of the disappearance of procedural documents

Article 648

When, as a result of an extraordinary cause, minutes of judgments or rulings rendered in criminal, correctional or police matters and not yet executed, or proceedings in progress and their copies draw…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title V: Judges' rules

Article 658

When two correctional courts, two investigating judges or two police courts belonging to the same jurisdiction of the court of appeal are seised simultaneously of the same offence, the judges shall be…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title VII: Challenges

Article 671

The First President shall receive the supplementary pleading of the applicant, if any, and that of the magistrate whose disqualification is proposed; he shall take the opinion of the Public Prosecutor…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title III: Procedure in the event of the disappearance of procedural documents

Article 650

Where, in criminal cases, there is no longer a copy or authentic copy of the judgment, but there is still the statement of the court and jury mentioned on the question sheet, as stated in Article 364,…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title VII: Challenges

Article 673

Any order rejecting an application for recusal shall order the applicant to pay a civil fine of between 75 and 750 euros.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title VIII: Trial of offences committed in court

Article 676

If a police offence is committed during the hearing, the tribunal or court shall draw up a report of the offence, hear the accused, the witnesses, the public prosecutor and, where appropriate, the def…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title II: Forgery

Article 645

…required, by order of the examining magistrate, to hand them over to him and to provide, where applicable, any comparison documents in his possession.If the documents thus handed over by a public offi…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title VIII: Trial of offences committed in court

Article 677

…nal or court is a misdemeanour, it may be proceeded with as stated in the previous article. In this case, if the sentence pronounced is more than one month's imprisonment, a committal order may be iss…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title IV: The manner in which statements by members of the Government and representatives of foreign powers are received

Article 654

…of the claims and issues on which the testimony is required shall be sent by the court hearing the case to the magistrate designated above.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title VIII: Trial of offences committed in court

Article 675

Subject to the provisions of articles 342 and 457, offences committed at the hearing shall be tried, ex officio or at the request of the public prosecutor, in accordance with the following provisions,…

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