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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Applications for review and reconsideration

Article 622-2

…review may be requested: 1° By the Minister of Justice; 2° By the public prosecutor at the Cour de cassation; 3° By the convicted person or, in the event of incapacity, by his legal representative; 4…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter III: Procedure before the Court of Revision and Reconsideration

Article 624-5

Applicants may, during the examination of their application, submit a written, reasoned request to the Commission d'instruction des demandes en révision et en réexamen (Revision and Reconsideration Ap…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Enforcement of prison sentences

Article 627-18

Where, pursuant to Article 103 of the Statute, the Government has agreed to receive a person sentenced by the International Criminal Court on the territory of the Republic in order for that person to…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Jurisdiction of French courts

Article 689-14

For the application of the Convention for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict, done at The Hague on 14 May 1954, and the Second Protocol to the Hague Convention of 1954…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 2: Execution of the investigation decision

Article 694-36

…tigation decision shall be executed in accordance with the formalities and procedures expressly indicated by the issuing authority, unless the law provides otherwise and provided, on pain of nullity,…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Enforcement of prison sentences

Article 627-19

…he place of arrival, who will question the person and draw up a report. However, if the examination cannot be carried out immediately, the person is taken to the prison where he or she may not be held…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Enforcement of prison sentences

Article 627-20

…suspension of sentence, home detention under electronic monitoring or conditional release, the application is sent to the public prosecutor at the court of appeal in whose jurisdiction the person is i…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Jurisdiction of French courts

Article 689-4

For the application of the Convention on the Physical Protection of Nuclear Material, opened for signature in Vienna and New York on 3 March 1980, may be prosecuted and tried under the conditions laid…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Jurisdiction of French courts

Article 689-7

For the application of the Protocol for the Suppression of Unlawful Acts of Violence at Airports Serving International Civil Aviation, done at Montreal on 24 February 1988, supplementary to the Conven…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 2: Execution of the investigation decision

Article 694-38

Where the investigative measure requested is not provided for in this Code or where it could not be carried out under a similar national procedure, the magistrate hearing the case shall, wherever poss…

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