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Showing 121130 of 11873 articles for Art. CE 14-10-2015 n° 374440

French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article 14

It is responsible, in accordance with the distinctions established in this title, for recording offences against criminal law, gathering evidence and seeking out the perpetrators until an investigatio…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subsection 1: Judicial supervision

Article 140

…icio, or on the application of the public prosecutor, or on the application of the person after advice from the public prosecutor. The investigating judge shall rule on the person's application within…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subsection 3: Pre-trial detention

Article 144

…or extended if it is shown, in the light of the precise and detailed elements resulting from the proceedings, that it constitutes the sole means of achieving one or more of the following objectives an…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subsection 3: Pre-trial detention

Article 145

…person to appear before him, assisted by his lawyer if one has already been appointed, and shall proceed in accordance with the provisions of this article. In the light of the information in the case…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subsection 1: Judicial supervision

Article 142

…sentation of the person under investigation, the accused or the defendant in all the acts of the proceedings and for the enforcement of the judgment, as well as, where applicable, the performance of t…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subsection 4: Compensation for detention

Article 149

Without prejudice to the application of the provisions of

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subsection 3: Pre-trial detention

Article 146

…n the course of the investigation, it appears that the case cannot be classified as a criminal offence, the investigating judge may, after communicating the case file to the public prosecutor for the…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subsection 3: Pre-trial detention

Article 148

…a statement of the legal and factual considerations that form the basis of this decision by reference to the provisions of article 144. However, where an appeal against a previous order refusing rele…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subsection 3: Pre-trial detention

Article 147

…with or without judicial supervision may be ordered ex officio by the examining magistrate after receiving the opinion of the public prosecutor, on condition that the person under investigation under…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Community assets

Article 1401

The community actively consists of the acquests made by the spouses together or separately during the marriage, and arising both from their personal industry and from savings made on the fruits and in…

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